Oil & Gas Daily Update May 20 2019

Today’s energy and equity market update:

  • Brent dips 0.3%, while WTI rises 0.5%.
  • Canadian light and heavy benchmarks also move higher.
  • Gasoline falls 1.7%, while heating oil declines 1%.
  • Henry Hub tops US$2.70 for the first time since mid-April.
  • SPX energy sector little moved for the day.
  • Canadian markets closed for Victoria Day.

Today’s notable energy news:

  • AltaGas poised to open Ridley propane export terminal in BC.
  • OPEC+ sticks to quotas, but warns output may need to rise in Q3.
  • ExxonMobil evacuates foreign staff out of Iraq’s West Qurna.
  • Plains All-American denied waiver for Greek steel imports, once again.
  • CNPC enters retail fuel business in Myanmar.
  • Dilution may be the solution for tainted Russian crude.