{"id":45011,"date":"2024-08-20T12:57:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T12:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/?p=45011"},"modified":"2024-08-20T12:59:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T12:59:25","slug":"oil-prices-tumble-on-economic-concerns-and-diplomatic-developments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spragueenergy.com\/fr\/oil-prices-tumble-on-economic-concerns-and-diplomatic-developments\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Prices Tumble on Economic Concerns and Diplomatic Developments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recap<\/strong>: &nbsp;While the oil markets were on the defensive at the start of trading Sunday night and into early Monday, based on the economic malaise that continued to be reflected in the economic statistics coming out of China late last week and again over the weekend, the market posted a sharp sell off at midday as news of further progress being made in the Gaza ceasefire talks. With the reports of Israeli agreement to accept the ceasefire proposal suggested by the U.S., crude oil prices fell over $1.50 per barrel in just under 60 minutes of trading this afternoon and September WTI settled at $74.37 per barrel, down $2.28, posting its lowest settlement since August 6<sup>th<\/sup>. The bearish move was even greater in the products markets with September gasoline market off 4.49 cents and the spot heating oil contract off 6.25 cents. The technical damage was greater in the product markets as the September gasoline contract reached lows not seen since February of this year while the September distillate contract dropped to its lowest settlement since June 23<sup>rd<\/sup> of last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Technical Analysis<\/strong>:&nbsp; Given the high probability this market will be met with news tomorrow that a cease fire agreement remains elusive, and not a \u201cfait accompli\u201d we could see some rebound in prices tomorrow as traders await more concrete news on a potential deal. We would look for resistance in the October WTI contract at $74.50 followed by $75.39, $76.00 and $76.60. Support we see at $73.45, $71.90 and $70.88. In the September heating oil contract we see support at $2.2544, $2.2229 and $2.1837, with resistance at $2.2925, $2.3185, $2.3371 and $2.3556.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fundamental News<\/strong>:&nbsp; U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called the latest diplomatic push by Washington to achieve a ceasefire deal in Gaza &#8220;probably the best, maybe the last opportunity&#8221; and urged all parties to get the agreement over the finish line. The talks towards a ceasefire that has been going on for months are set to continue this week in Cairo, following a two-day meeting in Doha last week. The U.S. Secretary of State will intensify U.S. diplomatic pressure to ensure negotiators secure a breakthrough later this week after the U.S. put forward last week bridging proposals that the mediating countries believe would close gaps between the warring parties.&nbsp; Monday afternoon Secretary Blinken said following his constructive meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu today, the prime minister confirmed his administration would accept and support the bridging ceasefire proposal put forth by the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reuters is reporting that production from Libya\u2019s Sharara oilfield has risen back to 85,000 b\/d, as operators appear to be seeking to supply the Zawia oil refinery. The field had been producing some 300,000 b\/d before NOC declare a force majeure event back on August 7<sup>th<\/sup> following a political issue that prompted protesters to blockade the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IIR Energy said U.S. oil refiners are expected to shut in about 389,000 bpd of capacity in the week ending August 23<sup>rd<\/sup>, increasing available refining capacity by 99,000 bpd. Offline capacity is expected to fall to 298,000 bpd in the week ending August 30<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. National Hurricane Center is currently not expecting any other tropical cyclone development in the Atlantic basin for the next seven days. But longer range model guidance is beginning to show the possibility of a robust tropical wave to push off the coast of Africa next weekend and will be entering an area where environmental conditions are expected to be quite favorable for development. The model guidance has this system approaching the Leeward Islands by the end of next week and then continuing to move westward the following week. The long range models also are indicating the Gulf of Mexico could also be an area of additional tropical development next week as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Early<\/strong><strong> Market Call &#8211; as of 8:20 AM EDT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WTI &#8211; Sep $74.44 up 7 cents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RBOB &#8211; Sep $2.2649 up 11 points<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HO &#8211; Sep $2.2645 up 10 points<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recap: &nbsp;While the oil markets were on the defensive at the start of trading Sunday night and into early Monday, based on the economic malaise that continued to be reflected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":44537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,21,191,20,1,190],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basis","category-crude","category-delivered-fuel","category-heating-oil","category-market-insights","category-wholesale-fuel"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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