Oil steady ahead of US weekly inventory data

  • WTI crude down 18-cents to $80.81

Weekly US oil inventory is due at the bottom of the hour and the consensus is:

  • Crude -2320K
  • Gasoline -1260K
  • Distillates -473K

The API data late yesterday showed:

  • Crude -6195K
  • Gasoline +700K
  • Distillates -800K

Gasoline inventories are becoming a problem.

Gasoline storage via HFI Research
Gasoline storage via HFI Research

There is talk of larger draws in the next couple weeks on higher US exports. Crude is being pulled from the US to buyers who normally purchase from OPEC+ countries.

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