Gasoline Rebounds From Six-Month Low as Inventories Drop
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Gasoline futures rebounded from a
six-month low after a government report showed inventories of
the fuel dropped the most in four months and demand rose. Crude
oil was little changed.
Prices headed for the biggest one-day gain since June, widening the profit refineries make from processing a barrel of crude into the fuel. Stockpiles decreased 4.39 million barrels last week, the most since April, the Energy Information Administration said, and consumption over four weeks increased to the highest level since June 13.
“The drawdown in refinery products is impressive and definitely supportive,” said John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital LLC, a New York-based hedge fund that focuses on energy. “Demand for gasoline is strong. It’s a turnaround of the overall situation.”
Gasoline for September delivery climbed 3.95 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $2.755 a gallon at 11:59 a.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange after sinking to $2.7155 yesterday. The volume of all futures traded was 27 percent above the 100-day average.
West Texas Intermediate crude declined 15 cents to $97.23 a barrel on the Nymex. The contract dropped to $97.38 yesterday, the lowest close since Feb. 5. Trading was 11 percent below the 100-day average.
Gasoline’s larger gain widened the crack spread, a rough measure of the profit from processing a barrel of oil into gasoline, to $18.48 a barrel from $16.67 yesterday. It settled at $16.08 on July 24, the lowest since February.
“The most important thing is gasoline demand,” said Carl Larry, president of Oil Outlooks & Opinions LLC in Houston. “The draw is because demand is higher. The margin is coming back.”
Inventories at Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for WTI futures on the Nymex, increased for the first time in a month, up 83,000 barrels to 18 million. A July 29 fire forced the shutdown of CVR Energy Inc. (CVI)’s refinery in Coffeyville, Kansas, which uses supplies from Cushing. The 115,000-barrel-a-day refinery may be shut for four weeks, Chief Executive Officer Jack Lipinski said July 31.
“This was certainly a bullish report,” said Jim Russell, who helps oversee $124 billion as a senior equity strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Cincinnati. “There was a refinery outage in the central U.S., which helps explain the big drop in gasoline supply. This is temporary but still having an impact on the market.”
Distillate fuels, including diesel and heating oil, decreased for the first time since May, down 1.8 million barrels to 124.9 million. Crude supplies dropped 1.76 million to 365.6 million.
“We had a very significant drop in gasoline stocks and distillate as well,” said James Williams, an economist at WTRG Economics, an energy-research firm in London, Arkansas. “Part of that drop is due to the Kansas refinery that caught fire.”
Brent for September settlement rose 19 cents to $104.80 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. It closed at $104.61 a barrel yesterday, the lowest since Nov. 7. The European benchmark crude was at a premium of $7.57 to WTI on the ICE. It closed at $7.23 yesterday.
To contact the reporters on this story: Moming Zhou in New York at mzhou29@bloomberg.net; Mark Shenk in New York at mshenk1@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: David Marino at dmarino4@bloomberg.net Richard Stubbe
Prices headed for the biggest one-day gain since June, widening the profit refineries make from processing a barrel of crude into the fuel. Stockpiles decreased 4.39 million barrels last week, the most since April, the Energy Information Administration said, and consumption over four weeks increased to the highest level since June 13.
“The drawdown in refinery products is impressive and definitely supportive,” said John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital LLC, a New York-based hedge fund that focuses on energy. “Demand for gasoline is strong. It’s a turnaround of the overall situation.”
Gasoline for September delivery climbed 3.95 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $2.755 a gallon at 11:59 a.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange after sinking to $2.7155 yesterday. The volume of all futures traded was 27 percent above the 100-day average.
West Texas Intermediate crude declined 15 cents to $97.23 a barrel on the Nymex. The contract dropped to $97.38 yesterday, the lowest close since Feb. 5. Trading was 11 percent below the 100-day average.
Gasoline’s larger gain widened the crack spread, a rough measure of the profit from processing a barrel of oil into gasoline, to $18.48 a barrel from $16.67 yesterday. It settled at $16.08 on July 24, the lowest since February.
Brent Gains
Gasoline inventories fell to 213.8 million barrels in the week ended Aug. 1, the EIA, the Energy Department’s statistical arm, said. They reached 218.2 million the previous week, the most since March. Consumption in the four weeks ended Aug. 1 rose to 9.05 million barrels a day.“The most important thing is gasoline demand,” said Carl Larry, president of Oil Outlooks & Opinions LLC in Houston. “The draw is because demand is higher. The margin is coming back.”
Inventories at Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for WTI futures on the Nymex, increased for the first time in a month, up 83,000 barrels to 18 million. A July 29 fire forced the shutdown of CVR Energy Inc. (CVI)’s refinery in Coffeyville, Kansas, which uses supplies from Cushing. The 115,000-barrel-a-day refinery may be shut for four weeks, Chief Executive Officer Jack Lipinski said July 31.
Refinery Rate
U.S. refineries operated at 92.4 percent of their capacity last week, down from 93.5 percent the previous week.“This was certainly a bullish report,” said Jim Russell, who helps oversee $124 billion as a senior equity strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Cincinnati. “There was a refinery outage in the central U.S., which helps explain the big drop in gasoline supply. This is temporary but still having an impact on the market.”
Distillate fuels, including diesel and heating oil, decreased for the first time since May, down 1.8 million barrels to 124.9 million. Crude supplies dropped 1.76 million to 365.6 million.
“We had a very significant drop in gasoline stocks and distillate as well,” said James Williams, an economist at WTRG Economics, an energy-research firm in London, Arkansas. “Part of that drop is due to the Kansas refinery that caught fire.”
Brent for September settlement rose 19 cents to $104.80 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. It closed at $104.61 a barrel yesterday, the lowest since Nov. 7. The European benchmark crude was at a premium of $7.57 to WTI on the ICE. It closed at $7.23 yesterday.
To contact the reporters on this story: Moming Zhou in New York at mzhou29@bloomberg.net; Mark Shenk in New York at mshenk1@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: David Marino at dmarino4@bloomberg.net Richard Stubbe
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