Week in Review – April 3, 2020
The crude market was up for the week. Early in the week, talks between President Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin helped bring some stability to cratering markets. On Thursday, President Trump said that he had brokered a deal that could result in Russia and Saudi Arabia cutting output by 10 mmbpd to 15 mmbpd, representing 10-15% of global supply; Trump said, however, that he had not offered to cut US output.
Of course, COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on markets. This week the US became the nation with the highest number of COVID-19 infections, causing many around the company to tighten restrictions on activities. The entire country has moved to limit interactions, and social distancing has put a heavy toll on gasoline and jet fuel demand.
OPEC+ plans to have a meeting April 6th to discuss output cuts which may be dependent on US involvement. President Trump is meeting with a group of large US oil producers today at the White House.
Prices in Review
WTI Crude opened the week at $20.93. It was flat to mid-week when it took off on news from Trump about an oil production deal. It opened Friday at $24.81, a gain of $3.88 (18.5%).
Diesel opened the week at $1.0505. It followed a downward trend to midweek at which point it recovered some of the week’s losses. Diesel opened Friday at $0.9969, a loss of 5.4 cents (-5.1%). It is recovering some losses in early trading this morning.
Gasoline opened the week at $0.5451. It had a steady climb upward through the week. Gasoline opened Friday at $0.6586, a gain of 11.4 cents (20.8%).
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