Oil Monitor as of 11 February 2020

Date published: February 12, 2020

WORLD OIL PRICES  (February 3-7, 2020 trading days)

Dubai crude has decreased week-on-week by more than US$04.00 per barrel.  Both MOPS gasoline and MOPS diesel have also decreased, gasoline by around US$0.90 per barrel and diesel by nearly US$1.90 per barrel. 

Reasons for the Adjustment

  • Crude futures settled lower Friday as Russia requested more time to mull further production cuts, potentially blocking any action from OPEC+ to backstop sliding oil prices.

  • Earlier in the week, OPEC and non-OPEC allies group ends second day without consensus on fresh cuts.

    • Delegates on a key advisory committee will extend their talks to a third day, with Russia still demurring on committing to deeper production cuts.

    • Russia prefers to merely extend the coalition's existing supply accord beyond its March expiry, one delegate said, asking not to be named due to the sensitivity of the talks.

  • US crude exports have been sufficiently strong in recent weeks to balance weak domestic refiner demand and growing production levels.

    • But US exports could face headwinds in coming weeks due to competition from barrels displaced from Chinese markets facing coronavirus-related demand slowdowns.

  • Reports of coronavirus treatment alleviate some demand concerns.

  • Asian gasoline market softened as US gasoline inventories increased by 1.96 million barrels in the week ended January 31, slightly higher than Platts analysts’ survey of 1.9 million barrels in the week ended January 31, 2020.

  • Asian gasoil/diesel market pared gains later in the week as supply concerns recede. The Asian gasoil market was in its upward momentum Monday, extending a rally that began last week as supply concerns prompted by production cuts in Northeast Asia due to poor refining margins that started to outweigh the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on demand.

  • Mixed sentiment characterized much of the Asian gasoil/diesel market towards the end of the week, with uncertainty clouding the market outlook.

    • Ongoing questions revolved around China's gasoil demand and export volumes as it continues to struggle with the coronavirus epidemic.

    • Few countries will reportedly be delaying imports from China, while others said that some countries were allowing imports from China.

FOREX:  Week-on-week value of Philippine Peso appreciated against the US dollar by  P0.02 to P50.82 from P50.84 in the previous week.

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DOMESTIC OIL PRICES      

Effective February 8-11,2020, most of the oil companies implemented a price decrease on petroleum products. The price of gasoline has decreased by P0.30/liter, P0.60/liter for diesel and P1.40/liter for kerosene.

Year-to-date adjustments stand at a net decrease of P3.15/liter for gasoline, P4.50/liter for diesel and P5.84/liter for kerosene.

For the updated prevailing retail pump price, please browse this link: https://www.doe.gov.ph/price-monitoring-charts?q=retail-pump-prices-metro-manila

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