Halliburton Sees First Signs Of Life In America's Oil Patch: "We Are In Early Innings"
"Premium equipment is already tightening."
"Premium equipment is already tightening."
...the biggest premium in two years, is mainly due to weather stress... prompting possible supply imbalances and quality concerns for HRW
"Every day this trade remains closed and every day production does not come back, we are building a problem for the future, and we are building..."
The facility, when fully operational, can produce 300 million sterile flies per week to counter the New World Screwworm threat...
"This is China's main downstream maritime bottleneck. Even after oil clears Hormuz, much of it still has to pass through..."
...a "metaphorical point of no return,"
India’s central bank has told state-run oil refiners to stop buying dollars in the spot market and instead use a government-backed credit line...
"This is an adjustment driven solely by supply availability," one official said.
As the war premium fades, the physical market looks more fragile...
"OECD commercial crude inventories could fall toward operational minimums by early May"
Goldman commodity specialist James McGeoch told clients, "Hard to think of a bigger metal supply shock..."
EGA accounts for 4% of the world's aluminum production.
ASPI could be the helium supply white knight should Qatar’s troubles continue…
How did California end up relying on fuel imports from Asia?
" ... caused by falling debris following successful interceptions by air defense systems."
Goldman has analyzed country-product specific hits to supplies/stocks from the Hormuz shock by looking at 1) initial refined products stocks before the conflict; 2) products and crude Persian Gulf imports; 3) potential buffers from refining domestic crude stocks.
At that point, the system is not absorbing the shock, it is running down its buffers while demand is forcibly rationed.
"the biggest disconnect in client conversations has been the view around oil prices from macro vs physical or specialist clients, with the latter seeing the current futures as underpriced vs. the size of the disruption."
"Everything you buy is going to be impacted."
It's being called a "significant win" for the Trump admin...
