Coquest Daily Energy Report
Crude Oil Futures for December 2022 settled down $3.08 @ $85.83/bbl. trading in a $3.70 range including the overnight-RBOB settled down 9.21/cpg and Heating Oil settled down 11.44/cpg. The American Petroleum Institute’s weekly Crude Oil storage report released late Tuesday afternoon showed that domestic crude supplies increased by +5.6 million barrels for the week ended November 4th, 2022. The weekly API data also showed a storage increase of +2.6 mil/bbl. for Gasoline and a draw of -1.8 mil/bbl. build for Distillates. The Energy Information Administration’s weekly petroleum storage report released early Wednesday morning showed that domestic crude supplies increased by +3.9 million barrels for the week ended November 4th, 2022. The weekly EIA data also showed a decrease of -900 k/bbl. for Gasoline and a draw of -500 k/bbl. build for Distillates. Total commercial petroleum inventories decreased last week by -0.8 million barrels.
Natural Gas Futures for December 2022 settled down $0.273 @ $5.865/mmbtu trading in a 0.635 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 +77 and +87 billion cubic feet for the week ended November 4th, 2022. That compares with an increase of +107.0 bcf in the preceding week, a build of +7.0 bcf. a year earlier and a five-year average injection of +25.8 bcf. Updated weather forecasts show a dramatic change of seasons for the entire lower forty-eight-with a particular emphasis on the heart of the country-where temperatures look to average as much as -20 below seasonal norms over the next six-to-ten day time frame.
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