Crude oil futures stagnated with the collapse of demand with Coronavirus. EIA reported massive builds in crude and gasoline storage and draw in distillate. US production is steady just off record high of 13.10 mbpd.
Crude oil futures stagnated with the collapse of demand with Coronavirus. EIA reported massive builds in crude and gasoline storage and draw in distillate. US production is steady just off record high of 13.10 mbpd..
>Crude Oil Tanks at Cushing OK, Basis For the WTI Futures Contract.
DOE Weekly Petroleum Status Report: 3/25/20
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- Release Time: Wednessday April 1 2020 – 9;30 ET
| EIA | Expected | Prior EIA | API | |
| Crude | +13833k | +4000k | +1623k | +10485k |
| Cushing | +3521k | +3278k | +858k | +2926k |
| Gasoline | +7524k | -1900k | -1537k | +6085k |
| Distillate | -4458k | -1000k | -678k | -4458k |
Note in bbls *exp = Reuters poll est except Cushing
- Refinery Utilization -5.0% to 82.30% Exp -0.9%
- Production UNCH at 13.00 mbpd (13.10 ATH)
Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the Week (Live Link)
Global Crude Prices
API Crude Inventories
WTI Crude Oil Futures Weekly Chart Outlook via @KnovaWave
US Crude Oil (WTI)
WTI spent the week worked off the chikou with the outside trend line under $20 in 5 waves from the recent highs the next target to -2-8 &- -1/8. We need impulse from here for reversal. Question is was that completing a C or 3 of something larger. Math and crowd behavior tell the story right to the +2/8 and collapsed back to the break up and now through the channel, accelerating when Tenkan and 50 dma crossed. Note 1.618 extension of previous emotive wave.
After WTI accelerated lower after broke the weekly uptrend, a fractal of the sharp and all the way to 16yr lows from here we see traction to work out from 3 waves Key resistance is Kijun and 50wma confluence (green) which all failed after the violent spike up. Support channel and fib conflageration with MM 0 -8 and -2-8
Crude Oil Futures Committment of Traders
Latest ICE and CFTC Open Interest Data:
CTFC and ICE open interest: via Ole S Hansen @Ole_S_Hansen
Brent crudeoil longs were left exposed once it broke key support on Wednesday. Two weeks of selling had failed to trigger a reduction in the net-long. In wk to Jan 21 it even rose by 2.8k lots to reach a 15-mth high at 429k lots. The WTI long rose by 6.4k lots to 232k
COT on commodities to Jan 21 shows the changes made by funds just before the coronavirus outbreak became the main market driver. The worrying news from China raised concerns about its potential impact on demand for key commodities from crudeoil to copper and soybeans
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Crude Oil Option Volatilty Watch via commodityvol.com
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The Fundamental Angle with Brynne Kelly @BrynneKKelly
DigStic Data @DigStic
Dec 11 2019 – Two Top Tens this week. One a draw in Cushing, the other a build in Total Products.
RonH Data @Ronh999
Cushing Oil Stocks
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US Oil Import Export
Imports
Exports
US Gasoline Consumers
Input to Refineries
US consumers bought 279.90 million gallons of gasoline per day last week. That is -103.08 mil YoY
US consumers spent $560.8 million dollars per day for gasoline last week. That is -$471.20 mil YoY.
US avg retail price for gasoline was $2.005 last week. That is -68.6 cents YoY 
US Crude Oil Production
US Oil Field Production Back -100kpd 0ff ATH 13.10mpd
September Field Oil Production Hits a New High 12.463 mpd
** Note with the unreliability of the API numbers highlighted by its constant debacles we offer you the bare bones of that report.
OILytics @OilyticsData
EIA Crude:
Crude: Crude build of +1.95MMBLs but a huge product draw of -9.6MM. Crude production back at 13.1MMBD while exports hit the 2nd highest level at 4.378MMBD. Small increase in Cushing stocks but we should see it reach capacity level soon with these contango levels.
EIA Products:
EIA Products: A large product draw of -9.6MM, with gasoline leading at -6.18MM and disty at -2.9MM. Gasoline stocks are now lower y-o-y while disty near 5 yr lows. Falling demand in the coming weeks will lead to stockbuilds however
US Crude Oil Prices and Recessions
Via John Kemp @JKempEnergy
Key EIA and CME Dates For WTI Crude Oil
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