Oil market recap: Week ending 29th December 2013
PIRA Energy Group has said that the world’s economy seems to be set for faster growth. Also, there has been a large stock decline in the US whilst in Japan, crude stocks have been drawn strongly.
Global economy
- Current low oil inventories and stock declines are supporting strong prices.
- Key light product inventories are low, and distillates are vulnerable to a spike in cold weather.
USA
- Oil inventories fell, bringing the total decline to over 70 million bbls over the preceding nine weeks.
- Oil inventories are now 3.6% below the previous year’s levels and there are stock deficits in all major categories.
Japan
- Crude stocks declined following another big drop in implied crude imports.
- All the product demands rose on the week.
- Gasoline demand was pushed higher by the Emperor’s birthday holiday but gasoil demand was also strong.
- Kerosene demand was strong as the winter weather grew stronger.
Pipelines
- Canada’s National Energy Board’s Joint Review Panel gave conditional approval to the Northern gateway pipeline.
- The pipeline will carry 525 million bpd of oilsands bitumen from Alberta to Kitimat, British Columbia for shipment to Asia.
- The project is expected to cost CAN$ 7.9 billion.
Adapted from press release by Claira Lloyd
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/gas-processing/02012014/29th_dec_pira_recap/
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