Peter Beutel
Peter Beutel
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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.
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With another storm threatening the half the Gulf that avoided Katrina, it has traders spooked this morning,
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U.S. refineries prefer a lighter grade of crude than OPEC can add right now. The big problem is the refining issue. Now with another storm threatening the Gulf, and the half the Gulf that avoided Katrina, it has traders spooked this morning. We really don't need another storm near the producing areas at all.
add areas avoided crude grade gulf half lighter near prefer problem producing storm traders
U.S. refineries prefer a lighter grade of crude than OPEC can add right now, ... The big problem is the refining issue. Now with another storm threatening the Gulf, and the half the Gulf that avoided Katrina, it has traders spooked this morning. We really don't need another storm near the producing areas at all.
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The only good news is that with margins like this, every refiner that can will ramp up output. There may be a long-term change because this storm has focused attention on the need for additional refineries. An aggressive company may agree to jump through the hoops to build the first new refinery in almost 30 years.
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This is all about Tropical Storm Rita ... obviously, the last thing that this market needs is for a hurricane to hit the western gulf where it didn't hit last time.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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With oil stocks so low, there's a huge amount of concern.
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The factor that's moving prices higher is the overarching petro-political fears. This market has a lot on its plate this week.