{"id":1922,"date":"2020-09-08T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spragueoperati.wpenginepowered.com\/oil-prices-experienced-largest-weekly-loss-since-june\/"},"modified":"2020-09-08T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T04:00:00","slug":"oil-prices-experienced-largest-weekly-loss-since-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/fr\/oil-prices-experienced-largest-weekly-loss-since-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil prices experienced largest weekly loss since June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Recap<\/u>:<\/strong> Oil futures fell on Friday, logging their largest weekly loss since June. Prices were pressured by a dismal U.S. jobs report, which showed that job growth continued to slow during the month of August, and as government officials have failed to agree on a new economic stimulus package. Prices were already under pressure after Wednesday&rsquo;s bearish inventory report, which indicated lower domestic gasoline demand, while middle distillate inventories in Asia&rsquo;s Singapore oil hub have surpassed a nine-year high. October WTI fell $1.60, or 3.87%, to settle at $39.77 a barrel, Brent for November delivery lost $1.41, or 3.2%, to close the week at $42.66 a barrel. &nbsp;Both crude benchmarks settled at their lowest since July 9, based on the front-month contracts, according to Dow Jones Market Data. RBOB&nbsp;fell 2.3% at $1.1772 a gallon, down around 5.6% for the week, while October heating oil&nbsp;declined by 1.4% to $1.1515 a gallon, with prices posting a weekly loss of 7.2%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Technical Analysis<\/u>:&nbsp;<\/strong> &nbsp;The S&amp;P 500 was clobbered on Friday, but bounced back as it tried to find footing. There is significant support down around the 3200 level, which may prove to be a near term bottom. The S&amp;P 500 should continue to react to the Federal Reserve and its response to the economic situation in the U.S. As for WTI, we would keep a close eye on the S&amp;P, since it will surely impact WTI&rsquo;s movement. Oil futures fell significantly during the week, settling below key support at $40. Based upon a weekly spot continuation chart, WTI settled below $42.20, the 50% retracement provided by the January high of $76.26 and the April low of $8.13. This combined with the settlement below $40, sets up for a run toward the $35 level. Below $35, additional support is set at $34.16. To the upside, resistance is set at $40 and above that at $42.20.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Fundamental News:<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp; U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for the second time in the past three week. Baker Hughes reported that the oil and natural gas rig count increased by 2 to 256 in the week ending September 4th.&nbsp; The number of rigs searching for oil increased by 1 to 181 this week.<\/p>\n<p>The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement reported that personnel remain evacuated from a total of 48 production platforms, 7.5% of the 643 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.&nbsp; It estimates that 10.5% of the total oil production in the Gulf of Mexico remains shut in.<\/p>\n<p>IIR Energy said U.S. oil refiners are expected to shut in 5.6 million bpd of capacity in the week ending September 4th, lowering available refining capacity by 678,000 bpd from the previous week.&nbsp; Offline capacity is expected to fall to 4.8 million bpd in the week to September 11th and decline further to 3.8 million bpd in the subsequent week.<\/p>\n<p>A U.S. Energy Department said workers are not able to assess damage from Hurricane Laura at a Louisiana site of the U.S. emergency oil reserve due to an ongoing power outage in the area. The West Hackbery site was shut before Laura hit the region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Russia&rsquo;s Energy Minister, Alexander Novak, said that the global oil demand could fall by 9-10 million bpd due to the negative impact from the coronavirus. He also said that oil prices could increase to around $65\/barrel next year, but he expected them to be volatile.<\/p>\n<p>FGE analysts said rising coronavirus cases worldwide and renewed lockdowns would cut hopes of a drawdown in oil inventories for some time.&nbsp; It said the pressure remains on refiners to keep operating rates low.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. job growth slowed further in August, threatening the economy&rsquo;s recovery from the COVID-19 recession. The Labor Department reported that nonfarm payrolls increased by 1.371 million jobs in August after increasing 1.734 million in July. The unemployment rate fell to 8.4% in August from 10.2% in July.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Early<\/u><u> Market Call &#8211; as of 9:42 AM EDT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WTI &#8211; Oct $36.78 down $2.98 per barrel<\/p>\n<p>RBOB &#8211; Oct $1.0975 down 7.97 cents per gallon<\/p>\n<p>HO &#8211; Oct $1.0704&nbsp; down 8.11 cents per gallon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click to view more online:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/fr\/heating-oil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heating Oil Supplier<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/fr\/diesel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diesel Supplier<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a alt=\"http:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/refinedproducts\/market-intel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/fr\/newsroom\/\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\" rel=\"noopener\">View market updates<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a alt=\"http:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/refinedproducts\/additional-resources\/glossary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/fr\/energy-explained\/refined-products-glossary\/\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\" rel=\"noopener\">View our refined products glossary<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a alt=\"http:\/\/www.spragueport.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/fr\/extranet\/login.aspx\/\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\" rel=\"noopener\">Go to SpraguePORT online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recap: Oil futures fell on Friday, logging their largest weekly loss since June. 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