Coquest Daily Energy Report
Crude Oil Futures for September 2022 settled up $1.58 @ $88.11/bbl. trading in a $3.28 range including the overnight-RBOB settled up 3.38/cpg and Heating Oil settled up 13.72/cpg. The American Petroleum Institute’s weekly Crude Oil storage report released Tuesday afternoon showed that domestic crude supplies decreased by -448,000 barrels for the week ended August 12th, 2022. The weekly API data also showed a storage decrease of -4.5 mil/bbl. for Gasoline and a draw of -759 k/bbl. for Distillates. The Energy Information Administration’s weekly petroleum storage report released early Wednesday morning showed that domestic crude supplies decreased by -7.1 million barrels for the week ended August 12th, 2022. The weekly EIA data also showed storage a decrease of -4.6 mil/bbl for Gasoline and build of +800 k/bbl. for Distillates. Total commercial petroleum inventories decreased last week by -9.2 million barrels.
Natural Gas Futures for September 2022 settled down $0.085 @ $9.244/mmbtu trading in a 0.556 cent range including the overnight session. Preliminary expectations for this Thursday’s mornings weekly Energy Information Administration Natural Gas storage report calls for an addition of between +20 and +28 billion cubic feet for the week ended August 12, 2022. That compares with an increase of +44.0 bcf in the preceding week, a build of +46.0 bcf. a year earlier and a five-year average injection of +44.8 bcf. Updated weather forecasts show a break from the mass extreme above normal temperatures endured over the last two weeks for the heart of the nation. Look for the Southwestern region and especially Texas to become much cooler than normal over the next six-to-ten day time frame.
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