Emissions retreated after hitting a fresh record
The European power spot prices climbed back above the clean gas costs yesterday, lifted by the forecasts of weaker wind output and lower temperatures. Prices…
While ICE Brent prompt price for August expiry jumped to 75 $/b on early Tuesday, the spread between US crude (light sweet WTI) and the ICE Brent benchmark narrowed spectacularly from –2.4 $/b to –2 $/b. Gasoil cracks and other refined product prices did not rally as quickly as crude prices, leaving the ICE gasoil crack to a paltry level of 5.8 $/b at the prompt, a level not experienced since mid-April.
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