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Will Oil become Valueless

Social media Idiots 👇 went crazy the moment the news about Alberta oil going into negative hit the headlines. While this is one of the rare events when a theoretical concept has come true.

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All crude oils are not same — there is West Texas Intermediate (WTI), Brent, Dubai CrudCrude at the end of the day is a physical commodity that is traded on exchanges or Over-The-Counter (OTC) but delivered at a physical location (Cushing in Oaklahoma is where WTI is delivered.
While Brent is delivered globally at various ports). Let us discuss the top 2 types of crude and what the recent market moves tell us about it. WTI — West Texas Intermediate is the crude that went negative on 20th April. In fact, it went below -$30 at a point today.
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Oil #Brent #crudeoil WTI vs Brent. Image
1. Most popular grades of oil quality are West Texas Intermediary (WTI) & Brent North Sea Crude (Brent) (sourced from US from Permian basin)
It’s a benchmark for North America
2. Brent is a blend from of 15 oil fields n other in the North Sea. It's 2/3rds of world production. Benchmark for Africa, Europe + Middle East
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#WTI #CrudeOil futures for May,expiring tomorrow,tanked 57%,to $7.98 per barrel

June contract,expiring on 19thMay, traded@ $26.62/barrel

July futures,traded@ $28/barrel

And all this,despite #OPEC's decision to cut supply by 9.7 million barrels a day,wef 1st May2020

#OilCrash
Normally,spread between #Spot &one month forward contract,is 40-50 cents

This time,spread is $10-12,implying weakness in #crudeoil,will continue

Global demand for #Oil in April 2020,was lower by 29 million barrels per day,Vs April 2019

#COVIDー19&global #lockdown, playing out
Indian #Crude basket is a derived basket of #crudeoil comprising #sourcrude(Dubai&Oman)&sweet crude(Brent)

Indian basket,aligned to #Brent crude,has fallen too,but not as much as #WTI crude

April 2020 #Brent@$20.92 per barrel March $32.01
Feb $55.70
Jan 2020@ $63.83

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