Monday, February 15, 2016

Crude Obliteration: Refiners Going Offline "For Economic Reasons"

 "the most widespread cuts since the global financial crisis"





Feb. 12, 2016



"at least five refiners - including two of the country's largest - have voluntarily cut output of gasoline and distillate in the most widespread cuts since the global financial crisis, moves that may deepen crude's prolonged rout as storage tanks at Cushing, Oklahoma, the main U.S. oil hub, near capacity."

"This is going to put back pressure on crude, but you had an ongoing imbalance between supply and demand," 

"consensus sentiment is right now, that demand will surprise to the downside."



"Refiners are cutting back"