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Oil Bounces Back as Stockpile Drop Shows Tight Market


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(Bloomberg) Oil in London advanced to a fresh two-year high above $75 a barrel, as industry data pointing to another drop in U.S. crude stockpiles reinforced a bullish picture for global markets.

The nation’s inventories slid by a substantial 7.2 million barrels last week, the American Petroleum Institute reported, according to people familiar with the data. That would be a fifth straight week of declines if confirmed by government data later Wednesday.

This latest sign of tightening comes as fuel demand bounces back from the pandemic and stalled nuclear talks defer the prospect of renewed Iranian supplies. The heads of Royal Dutch Shell Plc and TotalEnergies SE joined a chorus of industry figures warning that crude could return to $100 a barrel.

Oil has rallied above $75 amid a tightening market

Key consumers including the U.S. and China have seen a strong rebound from Covid-19, boosting consumption and helping to drain bloated inventories built up during the pandemic. OPEC+ is scheduled to meet next week to discuss its production policy and some nations, most notably Russia, are considering backing an increase in output.

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“Fundamental tailwinds are outnumbering the headwinds,” said Michael Tran, a strategist at RBC Capital Markets. From stalwart demand in emerging economies to “dramatically tightening” U.S. inventories, the market is the strongest it’s been since the middle of the last decade, he said.

Prices
  • Brent for August settlement rose as much as 85 cents to $75.66 a barrel, the highest since October 2018
    • It traded for $75.55 at 10:18 a.m. in London
    • Brent’s prompt timespread was 77 cents a barrel in backwardation, down from 85 cents on Monday
  • West Texas Intermediate for August rose 61 cents to $73.46 a barrel
    • The July contract expired Tuesday

Stockpiles at the key U.S. storage hub of Cushing also fell last week, but fuel inventories including gasoline rose, the API said. The Energy Information Administration is forecast to report on Wednesday that nationwide crude stockpiles slid by 3.5 million barrels, according to a Bloomberg survey.

The demand recovery in Asia, however, remains uneven. Improvements in nations such as India and Thailand are partially offset by deteriorations elsewhere. In Europe, air traffic is improving from the pandemic lows, but still remains far below 2019 levels, data from Eurocontrol show.

Other market news:
  • Even a more than 400% jump in the number of fracking crews working the U.S. shale patch isn’t enough to send output soaring. In fact, it’s just enough to keep production relatively flat this year.
  • Colonial Pipeline Co. was sued by a gas station seeking to represent thousands more over the ransomware attack in May that paralyzed the U.S. East Coast’s flow of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.


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