The Officials
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The Officials bring you the unvarnished truth about what’s happening in markets, who is doing what, and what really matters.
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Jorge Montepeque – the creator of Dated Brent – leads the team in benchmarking key contracts, and its relentless hunt for the cold hard facts.
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The Officials: Dubai Premiums Soar, Shorts Get Impaled
The sucker went down. We are talking about the flat price, as Brent flat price shed almost $2.50/bbl against yesterday. But in Dubai is a completely different story. The longs are winning on a premium basis.
The Officials: What goes up must come down, just ask Vinnie
27 August 2024: 16:30 BST Having surged upwards yesterday morning on the weekend’s bullish geopolitical news, Brent stagnated around the $81/bbl mark today before sliding to around $79.60/bbl by 18:00 BST in a sell-off after market close. “They’re keeping the
The Officials: The Tale of Two Cities continues
27 August 2024: 09:30 BST Flat price Dubai underperforms while Brent gets a boost. There are many reasons why: sources reconfirmedthat Libya shut off its crude production. 1mb/d of light sweet crude off the market plus the gold Power Powelldusted
The Officials: Dubai’s bumpy road
26 August 2024: 09:30 BST Vitol and Gunvor had a tougher window today, “Trafigura sells to” was the theme. But the flat price soaredregardless, but the real action was in Brent. Any price seemed right to sell to, and Trafigura
The Officials: Brent and everything else rises from the ashes
23 August 2024: 16:30 BST Oh, what good weekends are made of! Gold, money or oil, or stock markets everywhere!!! All went up. Thepower of the FED. Power Powell, we mere mortals, dare we christen you as Midas? We genuflect
The Officials: Dubai Here We Come
23 August 2024: 09:30 BST Dynamic duo Vitol and Gunvor’s avid purchasing is having a discernible impact on the physical premiumswhich have now risen to $1.12/bbl, the highest level of the month. The aggressive bidding has boostedphysical premiums by 25cts
The Officials: Another whack on the Dated Brent Piñata?
In ‘The Officials’, Onyx Capital Advisory publishes outright values, spreads, cracks and boxes for the main energy commodities traded in the marketplace. The published values are determined independently and on a fair market basis by our team of dedicated professionals.
The Officials: West falls, East holds up
In ‘The Officials’, Onyx Capital Advisory publishes outright values, spreads, cracks and boxes for the main energy commodities traded in the marketplace. The published values are determined independently and on a fair market basis by our team of dedicated professionals.
The Officials: Peaceful weekend, all longs killed
In ‘The Officials’, Onyx Capital Advisory publishes outright values, spreads, cracks and boxes for the main energy commodities traded in the marketplace. The published values are determined independently and on a fair market basis by our team of dedicated professionals.
The Officials: East and West Structure Diverge
In ‘The Officials’, Onyx Capital Advisory publishes outright values, spreads, cracks and boxes for the main energy commodities traded in the marketplace. The published values are determined independently and on a fair market basis by our team of dedicated professionals.
The Officials: Capitano Americano drags Kennie from the depths
In ‘The Officials’, Onyx Capital Advisory publishes outright values, spreads, cracks and boxes for the main energy commodities traded in the marketplace. The published values are determined independently and on a fair market basis by our team of dedicated professionals.
The Officials: Forget the East at your own risk
In ‘The Officials’, Onyx Capital Advisory publishes outright values, spreads, cracks and boxes for the main energy commodities traded in the marketplace. The published values are determined independently and on a fair market basis by our team of dedicated professionals.
The Officials: What goes up must come down, says wise ops guy
In ‘The Officials’, Onyx Capital Advisory publishes outright values, spreads, cracks and boxes for the main energy commodities traded in the marketplace. The published values are determined independently and on a fair market basis by our team of dedicated professionals.
The Officials: Is the downward correction ready to resume?
In ‘The Officials’, Onyx Capital Advisory publishes outright values, spreads, cracks and boxes for the main energy commodities traded in the marketplace. The published values are determined independently and on a fair market basis by our team of dedicated professionals.
The Officials: If you think Brent ran hard, focus on dated!
In ‘The Officials’, Onyx Capital Advisory publishes outright values, spreads, cracks and boxes for the main energy commodities traded in the marketplace. The published values are determined independently and on a fair market basis by our team of dedicated professionals.