Hi to all,
Here’s what I have
for price changes for Thursday, December 22,2016.
*Heating and stove
oils show an increase of 1.2 cents a litre.
*Diesel fuel shows
an increase of 1.6 cents a litre, and
*Gasoline shows an
increase of 2.8 cents a litre.
Market highlights
US rotary rig count
increases
US drillers are heading back to the oilfields, and OPEC should be worried...
While US drilling numbers increasing at a steady pace, this week increasing by
another 12 rigs from last week’s increase of 26, others are simply waiting to
get “back in” after they get a sense of market and oil price stability. OPEC
should show some sense of worry, knowing that there was going to be a measured
response against cuts.
US domestic oil
output shows a sharp spike upwards
US domestic oil output also showed a marked response on the heels of last
week’s announced cuts. As predicted would happen, US domestic production
increased by another 99,000 barrels a day just in the first five days after the
announced cuts and the Saturday agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC producers.
One
would easily interpret that increase with an immediate impact on prices. While
not an extremely large increase, it’s still early in the going. Expect to see
more players to enter the market with oil up a rough $2 US on the week.
The
most likely reason for the spike in output was the simple fact that fields
which had initially been shut down as a result of the June ’15 price collapse.
With oil production hitting 9.6 million barrels that month, US domestic has
just hit 8.797 million barrels a day since in comparison.
But OPEC should be aware that there a re a lot of closed off spigots that can
be turned on real quick if oil gets much higher.
That’s it for this week, with all this coming from me with a “Merry Christmas”
along with the “warmest” of holiday wishes!
Regards,
George Murphy
Twitter
@GeorgeMurphyOil
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