OIL: US Daily Oil Summary:

Sep-18 16:05By: Lawrence Toye

The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve received an inflow of oil for the seventh straight week of 600k barrels of sour crude according to data from the Department of Energy.

  • US imports of European gasoline fell to a five-month low last week according to Bloomberg vessel tracking. Gasoline imports sunk to 88k b/d, the lowest since the week ended April 6 and down from 243k b/d the week prior.
  • Phillips 66 is repairing the CDU at the Borger oil refinery – stating the process began Friday night and could continue through until Thursday night before its intended restart.
  • Regulatory and legal setbacks for pipeline infrastructure in the US could lead to bottlenecks and deeper regional price discounts, according to Platts.
  • The USD has pared some of its overnight losses, but still trades lower vs. most G10 peers.
  • House Republicans reached an agreement yesterday on a short-term measure to keep the government funded but optimism was fleeting as conservatives immediately took to social media to oppose the bill.