Brent Oil
Brent oil prices increased by 1.40% or US$1.14, as prices increased this week relative to the prior week. Oil traded on November 25, 2021, at a price of US$82.38 per barrel relative to US$81.24 on November 18, 2021. Brent oil opened 2021 year at US$54.52 per barrel.
Petrojam prices
87 Octane prices decreased this week by 0.16% (JMD$0.25). Additionally, 90 Octane decreased by 0.15% (JMD$0.25) this week. 87 Octane and 90 Octane opened the year 2021 at J$112.05 and J$114.89 respectively and now trades at J$159.69 and J$165.14 per litre respectively.
Figure 1: Petrojam, U.S. Gulf Coast Conventional Gasoline Regular, and Brent Crude Oil Price History
This Week in Petroleum
U.S. average regular gasoline and diesel prices decrease
On November 22, 2021, it was noted that, “the U.S. average regular gasoline retail price decreased more than 1 cent to $3.40 per gallon on November 22, $1.29 higher than a year ago.” The West Coast price grew more than 2 cents to $4.19 per gallon, the East Coast price grew more than 1 cent, to $3.35 per gallon, and the Gulf Coast price fell more than 4 cents to $3.03 per gallon. The Midwest price fell 2 cents to $3.20 per gallon, and the Rocky Mountain price fell almost by 2 cents $3.52 per gallon.
The average diesel fuel price fell 1 cent to $3.72 per gallon on November 22, $1.26 higher than a year ago. The East Coast price fell about 2 cents to $3.69 per gallon, the Rocky Mountain price rose less than 1 cent, remaining virtually unchanged at $3.84 per gallon, West Coast price decreased less than 1 cent, remaining virtually unchanged at $4.42 per gallon, the Midwest price fell less than 1 cent to $3.62 per gallon, and the Gulf Coast price fell about 2 cents to $3.46 per gallon.
Inventories for propane/propylene decline
There was a fall in U.S. propane/propylene stocks last week by 1 million barrels last week to 73.6 million barrels as of November 19, 2021, 11.4 million barrels (13.4%) less than the five-year (2016-2020) average inventory levels for this same time of year.
Additionally, Gulf Coast fell by 0.7 million barrels. Midwest inventories decreased slightly, remaining virtually unchanged. Rocky Mountain/West Coast inventories fell 0.3 million barrels. East Coast inventories rose by 0.1 million barrels.
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This Week in Petroleum – U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
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