Peter Beutel
Peter Beutel
acting fact fallen prices seem telling
Prices to me seem to be sick. I don't know if it's something to do with the economy. The fact that they're acting so sick, that they've fallen down and they can't get up is telling me that it may be something structural.
demand fall moves seat supply
If demand is not going to fall and keep on falling, then supply moves back into the driver's seat in this market.
fall prices pushing worried
Everyone is worried it's going to be a very consumption-oriented fall and winter, and that's what's pushing prices higher.
cause deal extremely gas great looks offshore oil potential powerful producing regions storm threaten unlikely
It is a powerful storm with the potential to cause a great deal of damage, but it looks extremely unlikely that this storm will threaten the offshore oil and gas producing regions of the Gulf.
builds expecting last major report three
Last week's report showed builds in all three major categories, but we aren't expecting this week's report to be as bearish.
concerned cut demand drop hawks number second threats
OPEC hawks are still concerned that demand could drop dramatically during the second quarter. But with there being a number of threats to supplies, the cartel did not feel it made sense to cut output.
attention close dying later living market paying people point report revisit rita turn twist until weather
People are not paying very close attention to it, ... At this point this market is just living and dying with every twist and turn of weather report -- we'll probably revisit it later but it's not important until we get Rita out of our systems.
meet position spare unit vital
We're already in the position where every refinery unit is vital just to meet demand. We don't have any spare capacity. That's what it makes it so critical.
consumers defies hard laws point start
It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. It's hard to tell at what point consumers will start to balk. It defies the laws of economics.
few hard higher past prices reason solid
It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. With what's been going on the past few days, it's hard to see a solid reason why prices should be higher today. It's disturbing.
amount huge oil stocks
With oil stocks so low, there's a huge amount of concern.
factor higher market moving plate prices
The factor that's moving prices higher is the overarching petro-political fears. This market has a lot on its plate this week.
avoided gulf half storm traders
With another storm threatening the half the Gulf that avoided Katrina, it has traders spooked this morning,
ethanol extremely gasoline nervous remain switch traders
Traders remain extremely nervous about gasoline supplies, especially with the switch to ethanol nationwide.