Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Price changes for Thursday, July 30, 2015

Good evening all,

Here's what I have for price changes this week;

Heating and stove oils predicted to drop by 1.25 cents a litre.
Diesel to drop by 8/10ths of a cent, and...
Gasoline to drop by 3.2 cents a litre.

Market noise
Bank of America on oil
Bank of America is projecting more weakness for oil to come in the third quarter of this year. Expectations of the company show Brent prices to average $50 US from their previous estimate of $54 US  a barrel. Prices for WTI (West Texas Intermediate) were expected to average $45 US a barrel from their previous estimate of $50 US.

US domestic production seen rising
US drillers added an unexpected 21 drill-rigs to the markets this week. The move was a surprise, but shouldn't have been with investors looking for a return on their investment as well as expectations from cost cutting measures. Those measures included everything from salaries to "re-fracking" previously producing wells to get new production. The move removes previous drilling costs with the assumption being that the well is already done, so the frack can occur. Canada added eight rigs over the same time frame last week.

Brent prices to falter amidst market turmoil?
Oil prices pushed lower this last regulatory session as market unease in China played heavily through the week and continues to do so. As stated last week, there were considerable debate from market speculators about the longevity and stability of the markets in China. While growth has massively slowed, stocks there continue downwards, increasing doubts of overall Chinese oil demand. As well, all bets are off now in how much oil Iran can add to the markets, considering the world situation with oil prices. Speculators feel that, with massive world inventories of oil out there, Iran's addition of oil to the pot will only hinder the glut problem on the markets, making it less likely for oil prices to recover anytime soon. Add to that problem a simple fact that, with Iran's entry back into the markets expected soon, competition amongst oil producers will only increase, with that likelihood that everyone is going to be forced to compete for market share.

On this date
Brent oil price on July 29, 2014?...$106.47 US a barrel
Those were the days, my friend!...

That's it for this week!

Regards,

George
Twitter @GeorgeMurphyMHA

1 comment:

nyi said...

So there is NO REAL JUSTIFIED reason why gas prices should be so high. All the factors that pushed gas up the last number of years has 'reversed', so one would expect prices at the pump to drop. As we all say.... gouging at its best!