Middle East Crude-Benchmarks fall to multi-week lows

Reuters09-22
Middle East Crude-Benchmarks fall to multi-week lows

SINGAPORE, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Middle East crude benchmark spot premiums of Dubai, Murban and Oman extended declines on Monday and hit multi-week lows, amid looming concerns of market oversupply.

Taiwan's CPC bought 2 million barrels of U.S. WTI crude for December arrival via a tender, trade sources said on Monday.

SINGAPORE CASH DEALS

Cash Dubai's premium to swaps fell 51 cents to $2.11 a barrel.

Mercuria will deliver a November-loading Upper Zakum crude to Vitol following the deals.

SELLER-BUYER

PRICE ($/BBL)

MERCURIA-GUNVOR

68.95

MERCURIA-GUNVOR

68.94

RELIANCE-VITOL

68.90

MERCURIA-PETROCHINA

68.90

MERCURIA-SINOCHEM

68.90

MERCURIA-GUNVOR

68.90

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.90

MERCURIA-TOTAL

68.85

MERCURIA-EXXONMOBIL

68.85

MERCURIA-MITSUI

68.85

MERCURIA-BP

68.85

MERCURIA-PETROCHINA

68.85

MERCURIA-SINOCHEM

68.85

MERCURIA-MITSUI

68.80

MERCURIA-EXXONMOBIL

68.75

MERCURIA-PETROCHINA

68.75

MERCURIA-SINOCHEM

68.75

MERCURIA-MITSUI

68.75

MERCURIA-NPI

68.70

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.71

MERCURIA-MITSUI

68.70

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.71

MERCURIA-PETROCHINA

68.65

MERCURIA-EXXONMOBIL

68.65

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.70

MERCURIA-NPI

68.60

MERCURIA-PETROCHINA

68.55

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.56

MERCURIA-EXXONMOBIL

68.55

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.59

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.59

MERCURIA-NPI

68.50

MERCURIA-GUNVOR

68.59

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.59

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.59

HENGLI-VITOL

68.59

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.59

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.59

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.59

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.59

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.59

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.59

MERCURIA-GUNVOR

68.59

RELIANCE-VITOL

68.75

MERCURIA-VITOL

68.59

MERCURIA-PETROCHINA

68.55

MERCURIA-NPI

68.60

MERCURIA-GUNVOR

68.60

MERCURIA-NPI

68.60

PRICES ($/BBL)

CURRENT

PREV SESSION

GME OMAN

68.93

69.43

GME OMAN DIFF TO DUBAI

2.44

2.72

CASH DUBAI

68.60

69.33

NEWS

Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical Corp 6505.TW reduced crude processing volume at its refinery after two secondary units were shut for maintenance, a company spokesperson said on Monday.

Iraq has increased oil exports following the gradual unwinding of voluntary production cuts under an OPEC+ agreement, the country's state oil marketer SOMO said on Sunday.

The price of Russia's Urals crude oil for delivery to top buyer India is rising despite growing sanctions risks as Ukrainian attacks on Russian ports and pipelines and tightened sanctions prompt concerns about supply, four market sources told Reuters on Friday.

Kuwait's crude oil production capacity stands at 3.2 million barrels per day, oil minister Tariq Al-Roumi told Kuwaiti newspaper Al Qabas in an interview.

For crude prices, oil product cracks and refining margins, please click on the RICs below.

Brent

BRENTSGMc1

Dubai

DUBSGSWMc2

GME Oman

OQc1

Brent/Dubai EFS

DUB-EFS-1M

PRODUCT CRACKS

Fuel oil crack

FO180SGCKMc1

Gasoil crack

GO10SGCKMc1

Naphtha crack

NAF-SIN-CRK

Gasoline crack

GL92-SIN-CRK

Complex refining margins

REF/MARGIN1

(Reporting by Siyi Liu in Singapore; Editing by Eileen Soreng)

((siyi.liu@thomsonreuters.com;))

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