Energy Update

OPEC+ is going to have a meeting on Thursday, August 1st to discuss their current production cuts. Oil prices were down 9% this month while OPEC+ is currently cutting output by 5.86 million barrels per day. This is just under the 6% of the global demand. In June of 2024 OPEC+ agreed to extend cuts […]

As of Monday July 1st, the strength in the market has continued, with diesel prices jumping over 3% in just one session. Oil prices gained 6% in June after sagging in May. The RSI ( Relative Strength Index) is sitting at 67.9. Anything above 70 is considered to be in Overbought territory, which would indicate

Oil supply growth for 2024. Rysted Energy reported earlier this week that they expect a slowdown in 2024 of global oil supply growth. This is due to OPEC+ extension on production cuts. Rysted Energy also stated they see a 80,000 barrel per day growth versus their before prediction of 900,000 barrels per day. The group

The market has had a bearish tone lately. The real surprise is Gas. Memorial Day weekend is the typical beginning of the summer driving season and higher gas demand for the United States. There have been a few slight up days in the last 2 weeks but mostly gas has been trending down. Distillate and

Oil and products are lower today as the market looks to continue this week’s slide. Worries surrounding economic conditions and fuel demand due to higher interest rates along with expectations that the FED will not cut rates until fall at the earliest is weighing on prices. Further insights into the FED’s policy could be seen

Markets are starting to find some direction since the release of the DOE (Department Of Energy Report) came out this morning (see chart below). With a more than expected build on crude, diesel and gas markets have started to soften. The last two days we have seen a little bit of a downward trend so

It has been a wild week for refined fuel to say the least, the exception being Monday, which was slightly down. Every day since has seen minimal to large gains in crude and in products. Today that trend continues, this morning was fairly quiet, but at the time of this writing distillate is up $.05

There is a lot to unpack in todays update. At the beginning of December, we saw steady drops for an extended period. Mid-December is when the swing started to occur, and the bulls stayed strong until Christmas. The last few days have finally shown a pullback. Will this last? Hard to say as there are