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Oil prices could soon turn negative as the world runs out of places to store crude, analysts warn
CNBC ^ | April 1, 2020 | Sam Meredith

Posted on 04/01/2020 11:38:35 AM PDT by C19fan

Global oil storage could reach maximum capacity within weeks, energy analysts have told CNBC, as the coronavirus crisis dramatically reduces consumption and some of the world’s most powerful crude producers start to ramp up their output. The coronavirus pandemic has meant countries have effectively had to shut down, with many governments imposing draconian measures on the daily lives of billions of people. It has created an unprecedented demand shock in energy markets, with storage space – both onshore and offshore – quickly running out.

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TOPICS: Russia
KEYWORDS: chinavirus; energy; hydrocarbons; maga; oil; oilprice; opec; saudiarabia; virus
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To: Bob434

I filled my car with premium/no ethanol last week for $3.35. Rural Western Oregon. Premium/with ethanol in town was $2.85.


41 posted on 04/01/2020 12:30:45 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: jimtorr

Wow0- you’re kinda high in price there too-


42 posted on 04/01/2020 12:37:06 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: C19fan

I paid 1.93 for regular this morning in Hogan’s Republic of MD.


43 posted on 04/01/2020 12:41:57 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: jimtorr

Ethanol wholesale price is now much higher than RBOB wholesale. (85 vs 55 cents per gal)

Blends are actually pulling the price UP now.
Trump should issue an EO to sh*tcan blends for the interim.


44 posted on 04/01/2020 12:46:44 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: C19fan

South Jersey just hit below $3 and we may see self serve gasoline.


45 posted on 04/01/2020 1:04:15 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: FreedomPoster

Regular unleaded was $1.19 this morning and I have Kroger fuel points and paid 19 cents per gallon for my 25 gallon Silverado.

93 octane premium was $1.86/gallon here in the north Atlanta burbs last Friday.


46 posted on 04/01/2020 1:11:09 PM PDT by Dacula (Wash your hands. Jesus and germs are everywhere.)
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To: C19fan

Ummm, No.

The proprietors will just stop/slow production. It’s still valuable in the ground, in the future.

You guys know you’re not supposed to be sniffing gasoline/petrol/benzine, right?


47 posted on 04/01/2020 1:24:00 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: C19fan

WHAT? 3 Gallons for tens cents again?

Thats what the old timers told me it sold for back a 100 years or so ago. When I was a kid they told me so..that is.


48 posted on 04/01/2020 1:38:01 PM PDT by crz
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To: Manly Warrior

What about Biden then?


49 posted on 04/01/2020 1:39:08 PM PDT by crz
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To: Meatspace

Perhaps its the second front in an asymmetric world war


50 posted on 04/01/2020 1:49:42 PM PDT by motor_racer (If you don't read the news, you are uninformed. If you read the news, you are misinformed.)
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To: jimtorr

See post #6 above. I am in W, rural Oregon also. I will wait a little longer.


51 posted on 04/01/2020 2:05:50 PM PDT by Cold Heart (.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
I though that was an EO that Pelosi had night to do with.
52 posted on 04/01/2020 2:26:25 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (Power is more often surrendered tha)
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To: Bob434

It’s tax.....and the state passed a green new deal thing already this year that includes a very large increase in fuel tax.


53 posted on 04/01/2020 2:55:56 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: KarlInOhio

That’s even cheaper than I remember when I was a hs pump jockey in the 60s. Maybe a quarter was the cheapest.


54 posted on 04/01/2020 2:57:42 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Bob434

Hard to tell what the price of oil will do in all this mess. I saw 1.69 across town.


55 posted on 04/01/2020 2:59:49 PM PDT by DeplorableGirl
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To: Paladin2

Don’t forget a little biocide if you’re talking long term storage. Diesel likes to grow schmutz if there’s any hint of moisture content.


56 posted on 04/01/2020 3:03:37 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: nascarnation

I’ve heard about that but have used 5 gal plastic cans that don’t “breathe” for 10 years without it.

I occasionally look into an empty one, but the interiors seem to be clean. I rarely store past 6 months and am sure to rotate my stock.

The outsides have some tough to clean off growths, so maybe I should try some biocide on the outsides.

Something to add to the go-to-the-store list.


57 posted on 04/01/2020 3:12:14 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: nascarnation

I’ve heard about that but have for 10 years neglected to use it in 5 gal. plastic cans that don’t “breathe”.

I occasionally look into an empty one, but the interiors seem to be clean. I rarely store past 6 months and am sure to rotate my stock.

The outsides have some tough to clean off growths, so maybe I should try some biocide on the outsides.

Something to add to the go-to-the-store list.


58 posted on 04/01/2020 3:14:52 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: samadams2000

$1.50/gallon here (kinda central TX)


59 posted on 04/01/2020 3:21:07 PM PDT by ex91B10 (Powered by the Penguin)
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To: C19fan

The price of gas is dropping so low I’ve discovered the pumps at the grocery won’t go below a $1/gallon on the points discount.


60 posted on 04/01/2020 3:37:06 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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