Asia’s 10ppm sulfur gasoil spot cash premiums (GO10-SIN-DIF) firmed for a ninth consecutive session on Monday as July buying interest in the open market remained strong.
Sellers remained few, with some participants still unclear if supply will ultimately lengthen in July.
Support for buying sentiment also came from a slightly wider arbitrage window to the West, according to a few market players, although it was not fully economical for sellers to offload cargoes there yet.
South Korean refiner SK Energy offered three more spot 10ppm sulfur gasoil cargoes of 300,000 barrels each for second-half July loading which closed on Monday, signaling possibly better margins to sell gasoil instead of jet fuel, given earlier demand from Australia and a likely wider arbitrage selling window to the West soon.
The spread on paper swaps (LGOAEFSMc1) for July widened to $43.67 a metric ton, Refinitiv Eikon data showed, after primarily trading in a range of $30-$39 in the last month.
Likewise, refining margins (GO10SGCKMc1) for 10ppm sulfur gasoil kicked off the week higher at $19.24 a barrel against a backdrop of weaker oil prices.
Jet fuel refining margins (JETSGCKMc1) also rose to $18.14 a barrel, tracking the gains in gasoil refining margins.
Regrade (JETREG10SGMc1), the spread between jet fuel and 10 ppm sulfur gasoil swaps, recorded limited change.
Source: Hellenic Shipping News
