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Oil Slides Despite Inventory Draw And Crude Production Dropping For 6th Week

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Confirming last night's 'surprise' API inventory drawdown, DOE reported a 2.1mm draw, following 2 weeks of significant builds. Crude production fell for the 6th week in a row to its lowest since Dec 2014. It appears some profit-taking algos are in place as a draw combined with lower production has been met with significant selling pressure in WTI.

Inventories down... (DOE 2.1mm draw is less than the 3.1mm API draw - so maybe that is why oil is sliding!!?)

 

and production down for 6th week in a row... note that this was driven by a 0.4% decline in Lower 48 production (while Alaska increased production 3.8%)

 

and the result... a selloff

Charts: Bloomberg

 

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Wed, 09/16/2015 - 10:43 | 6555209 Chuck Knoblauch
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Someone wants to take out another financial firm.

Wed, 09/16/2015 - 10:49 | 6555256 r101958
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Crude Slides? I see it up over a dollar.

Wed, 09/16/2015 - 10:53 | 6555283 Dr. Engali
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Up is the new down.

Wed, 09/16/2015 - 11:17 | 6555415 troubledasset
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Almost up 6% right now. I had to close some short calls up and out. My short puts look great though.

Good try though, ZH.

Wed, 09/16/2015 - 10:51 | 6555270 aliki
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and layer this on-top:

Moody's lowers outlook for oil and gas majors
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/16/oil-ratings-idUSL5N11M1US20150916

Moody's says plummeting oil prices will cause cash flow for the global integrated oil & gas industry to contract by 20% or more for 2015, with only a modest recovery expected in 2016
This reflects the rating agency's expectation of continued revenue declines and a negative free cash flow profile for the industry in 2015. Moody's outlook for the global integrated oil and gas industry will remain negative into 2016.

Wed, 09/16/2015 - 10:52 | 6555275 arbwhore
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Back over $46.

Wed, 09/16/2015 - 10:53 | 6555285 Soul Glow
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Damn silver is running high today!  Let it be known great minds have come together on ZH and proclaimed, "Buy silver!"

:)

Wed, 09/16/2015 - 10:57 | 6555300 Dr. Engali
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Shhhh...., you're not supposed to say anything. 

Wed, 09/16/2015 - 11:22 | 6555439 NotApplicable
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Especially when my local coin store is closed on Wednesdays.

Wed, 09/16/2015 - 11:00 | 6555310 Argenta
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This is but a harbinger of things to come.  There will be a day when silver prices will move in dollars, not cents.

-Argenta

Wed, 09/16/2015 - 11:04 | 6555337 Bryan
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Those one-minute charts are useless.  Get yourself a 1hr or Daily chart to see the real picture.  It gets tiring to hear "crashes" or "soars" on 1Min charts.

Wed, 09/16/2015 - 11:08 | 6555363 oak
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the writer is shorting oil.

Wed, 09/16/2015 - 11:14 | 6555400 Turin Turambar
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I know I am. SCO long. Thanks for the morning discount manipulators.

Wed, 09/16/2015 - 11:48 | 6555576 Bryan
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I'm with ya in SCO.  I think 30s before 50s, but could be wrong on that.

Wed, 09/16/2015 - 11:13 | 6555399 PleasedToMeatYou
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Let's not forget "plunges", "crashes",.... 

Hyperbole is the currency here. 

Wed, 09/16/2015 - 16:06 | 6557138 The Shape
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Only took Tyler 3 months to acknowledge falling production.

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