Oil fell in New York as investors speculated that demand will falter amid rising U.S. crude oil inventories in the world’s largest consumer of the commodity. Brent oil from the premium to the U.S. contract extended.
Futures slipped as much as 0.7 percent after the American Petroleum Institute said supplies rose 2.57 million barrels last week. An Energy Department report today is expected to show that they fell 1.3 million barrels. The International Monetary Fund cut its forecasts for economic growth in the U.S. and China, the world’s second largest user of crude.
“API data were mixed-to-negative in our view,” Tom Pawlicki, a Chicago-based analyst at MF Global Holdings Ltd, said in a note today. “Energy prices are expected to mixed-to-lower direction of trade in the short term.”
Crude for November delivery fell as much as 60 cents to $ 86.32 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange was $ 86.36 at 11:42 Sydney time. The contract advanced $ 1.11 yesterday, or 1.3 percent, to $ 86.92. The prices are 18 percent higher last year.
Brent crude oil for November settlement fell 43 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $ 110.11 per barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe Exchange. The European benchmark contract on the U.S. futures premium widened to $ 23.75 after closing at $ 23.62 yesterday. The difference settled at a record $ 26.87 on Sept. 6.
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U.S. gasoline inventories climbed 62,000 barrels last week, the American Petroleum Institute data show. The Energy Department report will probably show inventories rose 1.35 million barrels, according to the median of 16 analyst estimates in the Bloomberg News survey.
Industry funded API collects inventory information on a voluntary basis by the operators of refineries, bulk terminals and pipelines. The government requires that reports be submitted to the Energy Department for its weekly survey.
The IMF said yesterday that the U.S. economy to grow 1.5 percent this year, down from 2.5 percent expected in June. The Washington-based lender cut its forecast for China’s growth to 9.5 percent from 9.6 percent. The nation’s 2012 outlook was lowered to 9 percent from 9.5 percent.
Brent’s premium New York oil has increased amid disruption of production. The first North Sea Forties crude cargoes for October loading was postponed and a September 3 mission was postponed until next month, based on a revised program export prices obtained by Bloomberg News. Forties, one of the four North Sea crude price data used to Dated Brent, the benchmark for more than half the oil in the world.
source:businessweek
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