Middle East Crude-Benchmarks extend declines; Dubai, Murban at seven-week low

Reuters
04-29
Middle East Crude-Benchmarks extend declines; Dubai, Murban at seven-week low

SINGAPORE, April 29 (Reuters) - Middle East crude benchmarks extended their downward trend on Tuesday, spot premiums for Dubai and Murban fell to their lowest in seven weeks.

Sell-offs continued among investors who eyed rising supplies after reports of OPEC+ considering another output hike in June, amid demand worries driven by the Sino-U.S. trade war.

SINGAPORE CASH DEALS

Cash Dubai's premium to swaps fell 22 cents to $0.92 a barrel, the lowest since March 4.

PetroChina will deliver a June-loading Dubai crude cargo to Vitol following the deals.

SELLER-BUYER

PRICE ($/BBL)

PETROCHINA-VITOL

65.00

PETROCHINA-VITOL

65.00

PRICES ($/BBL)

CURRENT

PREV SESSION

GME OMAN

65.30

67.34

GME OMAN DIFF TO DUBAI

1.22

1.63

CASH DUBAI

65.00

66.85

REFINERY

Spanish oil company Moeve was gradually restarting its two oil refineries in the country on Tuesday as power supply was restored after a nationwide blackout hit the Iberian Peninsula the previous day, it said.

NEWS

BP BP.L on Tuesday reported a deeper-than-expected 48% drop in net profit to $1.4 billion on weaker refining and gas trading and announced the departure of its strategy chief as it tries to shore up investor confidence.

Tankers are lining up near an old oil port in Venezuela's Western region to load crude cargoes and depart from the South American country before a May 27 deadline set by the U.S. to wind down operations and exports, according to documents and data.

Barclays lowered its Brent crude forecast on Monday by $4 to $70 a barrel for 2025 and set its 2026 estimate at $62/b, citing "a rocky road ahead for fundamentals" amid escalating trade tensions and OPEC+'s pivot in its production strategy.

When Exxon Mobil XOM.N and Chevron CVX.N report first-quarter results this week, investors will be focused on how falling oil prices have increased the risk to dividends and share repurchases for the rest of 2025.

For crude prices, oil product cracks and refining margins, please click on the RICs below.

Brent

BRENTSGMc1

Dubai

DUBSGSWMc2

GME Oman

OQc1

Brent/Dubai EFS

DUB-EFS-1M

PRODUCT CRACKS

Fuel oil crack

FO180SGCKMc1

Gasoil crack

GO10SGCKMc1

Naphtha crack

NAF-SIN-CRK

Gasoline crack

GL92-SIN-CRK

Complex refining margins

REF/MARGIN1

(Reporting by Siyi Liu in Singapore; Editing by Vijay Kishore)

((siyi.liu@thomsonreuters.com;))

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Crude oil tenders in Asia                       CRU/TENDA
Crude oil supply outages in Asia                CRU/OUT-ASIA-O      
Refinery outages in Asia                        REF/OUT-ASIA-O      
Global arbitrage news and flows                 O/CRUDEARB      
W.African crude imports to Asia,  monthly       O/WAFRICA1      
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NATIONAL CRUDE IMPORT DATA      
Japan     METI/JP1   China   O/CHINA1      
India     O/INDIA2   S.Korea O/KOREA1      
Indonesia O/INDO1-CRU         
                       
CRUDE OIL INVENTORY DATA      
Japan O/JAPAN1  US EIA/S  Europe O/EUROIL1      
                    
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OPEC output survey OPEC/O          New Africa fields    AFR/NEW 
New projects       ENERGY/NEW      New Americas  fields AM/NEW
CRUDE OIL MARKET REPORTS      
Middle East             CRU/MAsia-Pacific         CRU/AP      
West Africa             CRU/WAF  North Sea            CRU/E      
Asia outlook            ASIA/CRU Europe outlook       EUR/CRU      
Global futures report   O/R      Technicals report    O/I      
                            
PRICES      
For all Official Selling  Prices       OSP/O      
For a POLL on oil  prices              O/POLL      
NYMEX and ICE oil  futures             OILOIL      
TOCOM crude oil  futures               0#JCO:      
Dubai, Oman swaps and  spread          ASIA/SWAP/CRUDE      
Middle East physical crude diffs       CRUDE/ASIA2      
Australia physical crude, Tapis swaps  CRUDE/ASIA1      
Asia-Pacific physical crude            CRUDE/ASIA3      
All Asian crude oil  differentials     0#C-DIF-A
All Asian crude oil outright  prices   0#C-A

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