@cgyoder Thanks for the reply. Apologies for the contentious response. While there are valid concerns about cavern integrity during this release, this exchange was structured intelligently. It eased backwardation although producers seem hesitant to significantly increase production yet
@cgyoder This is well understood. The SPR release was structured such that buyers sell those barrels into the market immediately and buys the backend for future delivery. It was meant to ease backwardation and boost futures so that E&P's hedge, deploy capital and increase production
@ActuallyClimber@killerpainda That is the question energy specialists are asking. We don't know. I have my hypothesis but I try to not publish speculation. The reasons you suggest are all plausible.
@ActuallyClimber@killerpainda Crude is priced by grade and location, reported against a benchmark. The US benchmark is WTI. Unless physical barrels are desired, focus on WTI. Fair value models are based on supply/demand. Inventories show that balance. US inventories are poised to hit uncharted territory soon.
API Inventory Moves 05/19
crude -9.1 million (exp. -3.4 million)
gasoline -5.8 million
distillates -1.0 million
Cushing -1.4 million
SPR actual -9.9 million
#oott#crudeoil#api
Welcome to the most asymmetric trade in modern financial history.
The thread below lays out why. The opportunity exists because capital has chased the AI trade while ignoring the physical assets AI requires to run — assets that have quietly become the best-performing asset class of the decade. Since October 2020 when we first called for the commodity super cycle: QCI Total Return +217%, GSCI Total Return +205%, Gold +140%. NASDAQ trails at +130%. S&P 500 at +85%. The top three are all commodities. Yet oil cannot get out of its own way while copper and the broader atom complex prints fresh highs . That is the dislocation. That is the trade.
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Forgive the longer posts in this thread — attempting to mimic my old 10-bullet commodity takes. On to it.
API Inventory Moves 05/05
Crude Oil -8.1 million (exp. -2.8 million)
Gasoline -6.1 million
Distillates -4.6 million
Cushing -1 million
SPR -5.2 million
#oott#crudeoil#API#gasoline
Thank you, @agnostoxxx and @PauloMacro for the discussion today! It was an honor and a privilege to be included.
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