U.S. energy secretary urges refiners not to increase fuel exports

Sat, August 27, 2022

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-energy-secretary-urges-refiners-180001860.html

The U.S. Energy Secretary urged domestic oil refiners this month to not further increase exports of fuels like gasoline and diesel, adding that the Biden administration may need to consider taking action if the plants do not build inventories.

U.S. refiners have boosted oil product exports this month as domestic crude oil production rose and global fuel demand continued to recover.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, in a letter sent Aug. 18, urged seven refiners including Valero, ExxonMobil and Chevron, to build supplies of fuels as the United States enters peak hurricane season.

US Petroleum Exports at All-Time High as Overseas Crises Deepen

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-petroleum-exports-time-high-160300893.html

The US shipped out the most crude and refined-oil products in three decades as energy-starved economies increasingly turn to American supplies to stave off shortages.

More than 11 million barrels of crude and products such as diesel fuel left US ports on a daily basis last week for overseas markets, government data showed on Wednesday. That was the most in data going back to February 1991.

Diesel led the surge with a 20% jump in exports while crude outflows exceeded 4 million barrels day for a second straight week -- the first time that’s happened since lawmakers lifted a decades-old export ban in late 2015.

Europe and Asia are grappling with some of the worst energy crises in history, and oil supplies could soon get tighter. Saudi Arabia’s oil minister earlier this week said the OPEC+ alliance would consider production cuts to address the dislocation between futures trading and fundamental supply-and-demand forces.

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i thought it was a fashion show here comparing underwears...anyway i better dont masuk campur too much..

will escape from here now!.


Posted by CharlesT > Aug 28, 2022 3:47 PM | Report Abuse

U want me to tell u the colour of my underwear today or not?

last remaining dinosaurs of i3 looks like..hope they dont extinct

Just record all your buy and sell transaction on your blog and compare for a year on the % return...apa macam?

others also can join

i wish both of them show their skills by showing real life trading updates here....

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I seriously cannot see a more 'perfect storm' to push HY & PetronM share price up above RM 10 soon...

Sslee, Johnzhang...HOLD DAMN TIGHT!

@abc333. thanks

U.S. energy secretary urges refiners not to increase fuel exports

Sat, August 27, 2022

The U.S. Energy Secretary urged domestic oil refiners this month to not further increase exports of fuels like gasoline and diesel, adding that the Biden administration may need to consider taking action if the plants do not build inventories.

U.S. refiners have boosted oil product exports this month as domestic crude oil production rose and global fuel demand continued to recover.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, in a letter sent Aug. 18, urged seven refiners including Valero, ExxonMobil and Chevron, to build supplies of fuels as the United States enters peak hurricane season.

Diesel Pinch Looms as World Seeks Relief From Pricey Gas

26 August 2022

- Fuel stockpiles thin at key hubs in Europe, US and Asia
- Profits for making diesel poised to surge as demand increases

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-25/diesel-pinch-looms-as-world-seeks-relief-from-pricey-natural-gas#xj4y7vzkg

next qtr sure even higher...just sapu the call warrants!

Posted by Sslee > Aug 27, 2022 5:51 PM | Report Abuse

The best is still let the quarterly finamcial report speak for itself.
Petronm
Q1 EPS RM 39.4 cents.
Q2 EPS RM 68 cents

thanks John & Sslee for the clarifications

actually i dont mind having a Teams meeting discussion to have our understanding all aligned :)

it will be great if sslee creates a whatsapp group for all 3 of us

what you say sslee?

but at this moment i am just lazy to study / investigate to understand this...

lets just wait for the results

they will not call it as realized gain in hedging in next qtr if price goes to the same level they hedged, but zero hedging loss and reduce the gross profit by the same amount

@sslee, what you are saying is the same thing.

The unrealized portion of the hedging loss (what John said above) will become a gain if the price of the commodity goes back to the price level they hedged by the next qtr.

But, the gain is not a real gain - as they will report a lower gross profit (due to cash market transaction) by the same magnitude.

@MM, only complex refinery can try to improve yield of diesel by breaking down (catalytic cracking) of longer chain hydrocarbon like fuel oil...

but increasing yield from 35 - 46% is not enough... see the maths i had presented -its simply not possible.

The shortage of diesel has been there since Feb 22'this years and clearly present refinery cannot overcome this.

All refinery running full swing just to produce diesel and thats why the gasoline price had come down as its inevitably produced just like fuel oil which nobody wants and having negative crack spread

in income statement, they are trying to tell 'what is the true present status' of their income if current condition of the commodity prices maintains going forward...

This is a logical assumption to make (that current prices maintains) to see the consequences in advance and tell the shareholders via the financial statement (Income statement) - though it is yet to happen.

@John, FYI

Posted by probability > Jun 12, 2022 2:08 PM | Report Abuse

Sample business transaction of HY
................................

Say John you are the Shell retailers in Malaysia

Myself and my twin brother represent HY. I deal with CASH MARKET and my twin brother deals with FUTURES MARKET.

Our sales volumetric achievable in a month is 4.0 million barrels, 1.0 million barrels per week.

1) CASH MARKET transaction done by me;

I deliver refined oil to you exactly every Friday at 1 million barrels.
Every week at the same time Friday, i also buy crude oil from Petronas at the same volume 1.0 million barrels.

You pay me as per current market value of refined oil (spot price matching singapore hub crack spread) and i pay petronas as per the current brent spot price.


2) FUTURES MARKET transaction done by twin brother. You can view this exactly like stock market.


Every time i deliver 1 millon barrel to you, my brother will clear back 1 million barrels from the futures market buy selling back at current futures the 1 millon barrels he had gone LONG 4 weeks ago.

At the same time he will also clear 1 million barrels refined oil by buying back at current market the refined he had gone SHORT 4 weeks ago.


If my twin brother lost money in Futures market that he is forced to do (cover back his long and short positions) due to my cash market transaction in parallel, its derivative loss. If he had made money, then its a derivative gain.

@John, the word 'outstanding commodity hedges' means to me that this is transaction in 'futures market' that has not been offset with the expected 'cash market' transaction in the coming month at prevailing market prices...

This means, the provision will be effective if the prevailing commodity price maintains in Q3..

Its unrealized - coz they have not cleared the hedging portion.

Remember the twins transaction concept i mentioned earlier. This is what i can think at the moment.

OK thanks for the info John. Not coming from accounting background, this realized and unrealized effects is something i never placed effort to understand till now..plain lazy..:(

have a feeling what you are saying is true...

let hardworking sifu sslee also comment :)

90% sure he was the one who asked all the Q&A to petronM earlier

Posted by Sslee > Aug 27, 2022 8:36 AM | Report Abuse

https://www.petron.com.my/investor-relations/corporate-governance/

You can read the rest on above link.
6.
Click on: Questions and Answers MEW!

Interesting..could be true John.

To me the moment you realise a derivative loss realized or unrealized, then you have pegged the margin with a new level (mark to mark)...

so the next report will reflect the market margin at the end of June 22', if it had not changed further by end of Sept 22''

Posted by Johnzhang > Aug 27, 2022 11:07 AM | Report Abuse


That’s what I think too. The provision for hedging loss of $166.8 mil made in Q2 stands good chance for write back as additional profit in Q3 if crude in Q3 is flat or lower . Is my understanding correct?

@sslee, appreciate your comments on the above too

The above means PetronM is making huge margin at their refinery even using Tapis at a premium to Brent.

We can expect superb results for Hengyuan...

60% (diesel + Jet fuel) crack at say avg 40 USD/brl
20% (gasoline) avg 20 USD/ brl

If we use 47 kbpd, sales per qtr is :

= 47,000 bpd x 90 days
= 4.2 million barrels

Gross profit from Diesel + Jet fuel:

= 40 USD/brl margin x 4.2 million barrel/qtr x 60%
= 443 million MYR

Gross profit from Gasoline:

= 10 USD/brl margin x 4.2 million barrel/qtr x 20%
= 40 million MYR

Assuming the fuel cost offset the rest of the refinery product margin, the refinery contribution to gross profit:

= 443 + 40
= 483 million

Before the above changes, when refinery margin was low, retail contributes approximately 120 million gross profit

If we add the above two, we obtain about 600 million gross profit as reported.

ok thanks John. If thats true, then actual gross profit is 415 + 207 = 622 million MYR

thats very interesting as i firmly believe derivative loss will disappear once the crack and oil price steadies...

for HY the gross profit shown in income statement is before accounting derivative loss / gain

at the bottom pf page 14 under section 18, they do seem to be saying its accounted on the gross profit

if thats true, then petronm actual gross profit without derivative loss is much greater then?

yes John, but i am trying to tally this with the Income statement

does that mean the gross profit of 415m is after accounting this loss?

or is it accounted in 'óther expenses' after 'finance cost' on income statement?


Posted by Johnzhang > Aug 27, 2022 10:29 AM | Report Abuse

@probability, go to note 18 where it mentioned Profit before tax after charging the following:
Derivative realized loss $207.86 mil
Unrealized loss $166.8 mil.

@sslee, is the gross profit reported in Q2 of 415 million accounted the derivative loss (realized 207m & unrealized 166m) shown on section 18 of the financial report?

i cant see where it is accounted on the income statement

if its accounted, then PetronM is indeed benefitting significantly from the Diesel crack spread rise

Revised below:
............

@sslee, 60% (diesel + Jet fuel) crack at say avg 40 USD/brl minus Tapis premium of 20 USD/brl, should provide at least a margin of 20 USD/brl in Q2 for PetronM.

If we use 47 kbpd, sales per qtr is :

= 47,000 bpd x 90 days x 60%
= 2.5 million barrels

As such gross profit from Diesel + Jet fuel ALONE:

= 20 USD/brl margin x 2.5 million barrel/qtr
= 220 million MYR

Gasoline margin was also high in Q2. As such something is missing or not accurate on their yield info from the AGM i think

Crack rose to USD 46.18 / brl as predicted...

Posted by probability > Aug 26, 2022 11:15 PM | Report Abuse X

live data shows refining margin is further rising, we will see a further rise in Diesel crack spread soon:

https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NYMEX-GZ1!/

Extract from a news in June 22' concerning Diesel margin:

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/red-hot-asia-gasoil-margins-075310521.html

Refining margins for the benchmark 10 ppm gasoil in Singapore, which have soared nearly 63% in the last two weeks, hit $55.77 a barrel over Dubai crude on Monday, an all-time high according to Refinitiv data that goes back to 2014. Gasoil is currently the top money spinner for Asian refineries.

Extract from a news in June 22' concerning Diesel margin:

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/red-hot-asia-gasoil-margins-075310521.html

Refining margins for the benchmark 10 ppm gasoil in Singapore, which have soared nearly 63% in the last two weeks, hit $55.77 a barrel over Dubai crude on Monday, an all-time high according to Refinitiv data that goes back to 2014. Gasoil is currently the top money spinner for Asian refineries.

refer Page 22 of the annual report for complete picture on HY products.

As a complex refinery HY has to ability to adjust yield of its products. HY produces 46% Diesel on this table.

https://klse1.i3investor.com/servlets/staticfile/422363.jsp

yes exactly..

Posted by sonyx > Aug 26, 2022 10:39 PM | Report Abuse

And is it correct to interpret that the basket of products would then be referred to let say (Diesel (which is 46% of mix) multiply with the market selling price based on the index + Fuel * D1N1 + ....)?

Asia's record level margin ever was in June 22' where diesel margin hit above 58 USD/brl.

Due to HY hedging effects the profit will fall into July.

July crack was relatively lesser and this will fall into Aug 22'.

Now crack has averaged quite good for Aug and this will reflect on Sept 22.

As such Q3 is secured with PAT that is very likely to be higher than Q2 results.


Posted by sonyx > Aug 26, 2022 10:30 PM | Report Abuse

Thanks for the prompt response @Probability. Ok looks like the Diesel mix should keep the blended crack margin intact for Q3 2022.... at least for now

Refer to the notes on how the weighted average refining margin is calculated:

Weighted Singapore product prices (for a standard Lytton Refinery basket of products)

Less: Reference crude price (the Ampol reference crude marker is Dated Brent)
Equals: Singapore Weighted Average Margin (Dated Brent basis)

https://www.listcorp.com/asx/ald/ampol-limited/news/2q-2022-lytton-refinery-performance-and-trading-update-2736295.html?ref=more_news


The Lytton Refiner Margin (LRM)1 for the second quarter reached the unprecedented level of US$32.96 per barrel, materially higher than the US$10.59 per barrel realised in the first quarter. The significant increase in Singapore Weighted Average Margin (SWAM) was the key driver of the increase, reaching US$33.62 per barrel for the quarter

@sonyx, refer Page 22 of the annual report for complete picture on HY products.

As a complex refinery HY has to ability to adjust yield of its products. HY produces 46% Diesel on this table.

https://klse1.i3investor.com/servlets/staticfile/422363.jsp

the above is just for uncle's record

HY Complex refinery margin update - 26/08/22
...........

Diesel: https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NYMEX-GOC1!/

Jet Fuel: https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NYMEX-ASD1!/

Gasoline Mogas 92: https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NYMEX-D1N1%21/
Gasoline Mogas 95 premium: https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NYMEX-SMU1!/

From above:

1. Diesel at 46% yield, cracks USD 45.95/bbl
2. Jet fuel at 7% yield, cracks USD 34.30/bb
3. Gasoline Mogas 95 at 35% yield, cracks USD (10.00 + 3.96) / bbl
4. Rest of product yield at 12%, using Mogas 95 cracks USD 13.96/bbl

Gross refining margin:

= (0.46 x 45.95 ) + (0.07 x 34.30) + (0.35 x 13.96)+ (0.12 x 13.96)
= 21.14 + 2.40 + 4.88 + 1.67
= US $ 30.1 / brl
.................

Gross Profit at above derived present refining margin

= (10.7 million barrel sales per qtr) x ( US $30.1/brl) x (MYR 4.4/USD)
= 1.417 Billion MYR
...................

ok superpanda - just move on.. thought my msg will end the arguments.

hope it ends and go for more fruitful discussion

yes John, some just seems to enjoy poking others..could be many useless motives like ego, sadism, revenge, brag etc...

and useful motives too - to bring down share price using deceptive information
its unfortunate part of human nature...

just focus where its most beneficial to self

@Blee, agree..

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@superpanda, i think much people values Johnzhang's opinion than yours as he had shown integrity...

once you show disrespect and lack of integrity, eventually people no longer value your opinion..

your comments are just a waste of forum space then

no doubt there are no rules set in the real world including forum here....any meaningful interaction needs some basic social etiquettes, integrity, honesty, reliability etc..

these are unwritten rules for mutual benefit

sslee is a great asset to i3, all the questions asked to PetronM during AGM that has been documented was likely from sslee

sslee made a lot of money from CW i think..aiming to be significant shareholder of Petronm..

not the money itself i mean..ha ha

yes - will share the money made too...