Issue 8 - 6 Aug'20

Increasing signals of weakness in the near-term physical crude market have so far been shaken off by outright prices, while Aramco maintains higher prices for term crude in Asia

Issue 7 - 6 Jul'20

With Urals differentials recently hitting all-time highs, we delve into how the implementation of Russia's OPEC+ cut agreement is impacting flows and pricing

Issue 6 - 8 Jun'20

OPEC+ output will now remain lower for longer, but further market strengthening will face headwinds from some returning US supply and high inventories

Issue 5 - 11 May'20

The prospect of renewed pressure on crude markets has not yet dissipated despite improvements in headline balances, while various effects continue to play havoc with pricing spreads

Issue 8 - 31 Jul'20

-New HSFO pricing merit order -Secondary feedstock as a key balancing tool -Low VGO exports out of Russia

Issue 7 - 1 Jul'20

This edition answers how fuel oil inventories can grow even as balances tighten further.

Issue 6 - 3 Jun'20

Bulls will have to keep the champagne on ice for now. Some market tightness is seen re-emerging over Q3. The window of opportunity for HS residue conversion operations is largely closed by now. How does the HSFO/LSFO split in global storage look like?

Issue 5 - 5 May'20

-US net inputs of VGO turn negative -China takes a few steps forward in its bid to become a bigger global bunkering hub -Coronavirus fallout not as bad for FO as other products

Issue 8 - 31 Jul'20

The unusual relative strength of the Asian diesel market looks increasingly fragile.

Issue 7 - 1 Jul'20

Diesel markets may show some relative strength vs gasoline over the coming weeks.

Issue 6 - 3 Jun'20

Diesel cracks collapsed on resilience in global crude runs, pushing forward demand cover higher. Optimism in jet regrades looks premature.

Issue 5 - 30 Apr'20

Diesel cracks are already correcting lower on brimming inventories, with a strong risk of temporary collapse should demand recovery fail to materialise soon.

Issue 8 - 5 Aug'20

We see the recent weakening in gasoline/ULSD tonne spreads as unsustainable given still bearish fundamentals on the side of the latter and resilience in driving activity in some corners of the market.

Issue 7 - 2 Jul'20

We are becoming increasingly convinced that a summer gasoline rally would see returning supply quickly nipping it in the bud.

Issue 6 - 8 Jun'20

Improvements in mogas/ULSD spreads, especially in the US, are already bearing fruit on the supply side, which is likely to inject greater volatility into this price spread in the coming weeks.

Issue 5 - 7 May'20

Gasoline/ULSD spreads globally have narrowed markedly partially on emergent weakness in the diesel complex, but the signal this is sending US refiners in particular could prove problematic.

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Benigni on Oil Markets, Issue 8 August 2019

In Issue 8 of our Benigni on Oil Markets report, we argued that the forward mogas vs diesel summer 2020 spread was completely undervalued on account of weakening gasoil/diesel and strengthening mogas in line with our IMO forecasts. Within a matter of weeks of our forecast, mogas began strengthening relative to gasoil over the relevant period.