U.S. crude stockpiles drop as exports surge to record high- EIA

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Oil · 28 July, 2022

U.S. crude stockpiles drop as exports surge to record high- EIA

U.S. crude oil exports surged to an all-time high last week, contributing to another fall in stockpiles, driven by overseas demand due to the big discount for U.S. crude when compared with international benchmark Brent.

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Crude inventories (USOILC=ECI) dropped 4.5 million
barrels to 422.1 million barrels in the week ended July 22, the U.S. Energy
Information Administration said on Wednesday, compared with expectations for a 1-million-barrel
drop.


The decline was in large part the result of a surge in
crude exports to a record 4.5 million barrels per day in the latest week.
Exports could continue to rise, thanks to a widespread between the U.S. and
international crude benchmarks, particularly as Europe has reduced imports from
its top supplier, Russia, in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and
subsequent sanctions on that nation.

"We could see 5 million-plus barrels per day - we
have not seen peak oil globally," said Sean Strawbridge, chief executive
officer for the Port of Corpus Christi, which exports more than 2 million bpd.

The arbitrage or spread between Brent and the U.S.
West Texas Intermediate crude futures has widened out to more than $9 a barrel.

 

"International refiners will go to the United
States to load up on U.S. crude oil, as long as the arb is so wide that it
covers the cost of carry," said Robert Yawger, executive director of
energy futures at Mizuho.

 

U.S. crude production rebounded to 12.1 million bpd
after two weeks of declines, rising 200,000 bpd in its biggest increase since
December.

U.S. gasoline stocks (USOILG=ECI) fell by 3.3 million
barrels on the week. After a couple of weeks of lackluster demand, gasoline
product supplied by refiners rebounded, though overall gasoline demand is down
7% over the last four weeks when compared with the year-ago period.​

 

Distillate stockpiles (USOILD=ECI), which include
diesel and heating oil, fell by 784,000 barrels.

 

Refinery crude runs (USOICR=ECI) fell by 292,000 bpd
in the last week, EIA said. Refinery utilization rates (USOIRU=ECI) fell by 1.5
percentage points in the week to 92.2%.

 

Oil prices rose on the news. U.S. crude was up 2.3% to
$97.15 a barrel by 1:23 p.m. ET (1823 GMT) while Brent gained 1.6% to $106.08 a
barrel.

 




























By David Gaffen / July 28, 2022, 1:38AM