Middle East Crude-Benchmarks gain, underpinned by Indian demand

Reuters
Aug 19
Middle East Crude-Benchmarks gain, underpinned by Indian demand

SINGAPORE, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Middle East crude benchmarks of Oman, Dubai and Murban gained on Tuesday, with the market underpinned by enhanced buying from India for near-term supply as the country lowered its Russian oil purchase.

Meanwhile, investors were weighing the possibility that talks between Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. to end the war in Ukraine could lead to the lifting of sanctions on Russian crude, raising supply.

SINGAPORE CASH DEALS

Cash Dubai's premium to swaps rose 11 cents to $2.28 a barrel.

Unipec will deliver an October-loading Oman crude cargo to PetroChina following the deals.

SELLER-BUYER

PRICE ($/BBL)

PHILLIPS 66-PETROCHINA

68.09

BP-PETROCHINA

68.09

PHILLIPS 66-VITOL

68.00

PHILLIPS 66-PETROCHINA

68.08

BP-PETROCHINA

68.08

GUNVOR-TRAFIGURA

68.08

PHILLIPS 66-PETROCHINA

68.08

RELIANCE-TRAFIGURA

68.08

GUNVOR-PETROCHINA

68.08

UNIPEC-TRAFIGURA

68.08

UNIPEC-PETROCHINA

68.07

PHILLIPS 66-TRAFIGURA

68.06

UNIPEC-PETROCHINA

68.07

GUNVOR-TRAFIGURA

68.06

UNIPEC-PETROCHINA

68.07

UNIPEC-PETROCHINA

68.07

UNIPEC-VITOL

68.08

UNIPEC-PETROCHINA

68.07

EXXONMOBIL-VITOL

68.07

RELIANCE-TRAFIGURA

68.04

PHILLIPS 66-PETROCHINA

68.07

EXXONMOBIL-PETROCHINA

68.07

RELIANCE-VITOL

68.07

UNIPEC-VITOL

68.07

PHILLIPS 66-PETROCHINA

68.06

EXXONMOBIL-PETROCHINA

68.07

HENGLI-VITOL

68.07

BP-PETROCHINA

68.06

EXXONMOBIL-TRAFIGURA

68.04

UNIPEC-PETROCHINA

68.07

BP-VITOL

68.06

EXXONMOBIL-PETROCHINA

68.06

BP-TRAFIGURA

68.04

BP-PETROCHINA

68.06

PHILLIPS 66-TRAFIGURA

68.00

UNIPEC-PETROCHINA

68.04

UNIPEC-VITOL

68.04

EXXONMOBIL-PETROCHINA

68.05

PRICES ($/BBL)

CURRENT

PREV SESSION

GME OMAN

68.10

67.64

GME OMAN DIFF TO DUBAI

2.34

2.16

CASH DUBAI

68.04

67.65

NEWS

Indonesia plans to build a network of small modular refineries to process U.S. and domestic oil, aiming to reduce gasoline imports, but analysts warn the switch in strategy from large-scale refining facilities could prove uneconomical.

Private investment firm Raisa Energy is selling a package of oil and gas wells across numerous U.S. shale basins that may fetch around $1.5 billion, people familiar with the matter said.

Russian crude oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline were halted on Monday, officials in Hungary and Slovakia said, with Budapest blaming a Ukrainian attack on a part of the network.

U.S. crude oil and gasoline stockpiles were expected to have fallen last week, while distillate inventories likely rose, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Monday.

For crude prices, oil product cracks and refining margins, please click on the RICs below.

Brent

BRENTSGMc1

Dubai

DUBSGSWMc2

GME Oman

OQc1

Brent/Dubai EFS

DUB-EFS-1M

PRODUCT CRACKS

Fuel oil crack

FO180SGCKMc1

Gasoil crack

GO10SGCKMc1

Naphtha crack

NAF-SIN-CRK

Gasoline crack

GL92-SIN-CRK

Complex refining margins

REF/MARGIN1

(Reporting by Siyi Liu in Singapore; Editing by Eileen Soreng)

((siyi.liu@thomsonreuters.com;))

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