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Diesel Inventories at Near Record Lows

Diesel fuel inventories are now at historic lows. As of the week ending 14 October, there were about 25 days of coverage from weekly ending stocks. That’s down from 39 days during 2020 and 2021 over the COVID period, and down from 34 days during the pre-pandemic 2017-2019 period. The days-of-coverage is calculated by taking the weekly ending distillate fuel oil divided by the four-week average distillate fuel oil product supplied average. That is stocks divided by use, which results in supply coverage by days. The total product supplied – which is a proxy for demand – for the first two weeks of the month is about 3 percent above the 2017-2021 average seasonal demand for October. That seasonal demand includes two key co...

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Weighing in on strategic realignment

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