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Crude futures reversed course, falling more 1 percent on Thursday after US data showed gasoline inventories rose unexpectedly last week, overshadowing a bullish drawdown in crude. The US crude inventories fell more than expected as refining runs increased, while gasoline and distillate inventories rose, the Energy Information Administration said on Thursday.
Stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub for US crude futures rose by 549,000 barrels, EIA said. "The slow climb back of crude oil levels at Cushing is somewhat bearish, and the absence of Chinese buyers of US crude oil is depressing export volumes," said John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital Management in New York. "Domestic production is not growing at the pace it was earlier in the year, either."
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 95 cents to settle at $67.77 a barrel, a 1.3 percent loss. Brent crude futures lost 77 cents to trade at $76.50 a barrel, a 1 percent loss. Earlier, both contracts had traded higher, encouraged by a weaker dollar and evidence of strong US fuel demand.
Emerging-market stocks, bonds and currencies have plunged in recent weeks in response to financial crises in countries including Turkey, South Africa and Venezuela. "In the last week we've seen the focus shift again from supply back to demand and the continued calamity in emerging market stocks, bonds and currencies is weighing on the medium- and longer-term demand outlook," said Saxo Bank senior manager Ole Hansen.
"We did see quite a lot of momentum last week and then oil was shot down in flames after its failed attempt to break above $80. ... Now we have the extra dimension of a spike in oil prices that can only increase the pain (for consumers) and the risk of a slowdown in demand."
The market is already preparing for the loss of at least 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in Iranian crude supplies from early November, when US sanctions against Tehran come into force. The oil price has risen by 3 percent since the US government announced the sanctions in May.
"The million-dollar question is how much Iranian oil will be lost after Nov. 4 when the second round of sanctions kicks in," said PVM Oil Associates strategist Tamas Varga. "If it is around 1 million bpd, or more, as expected, the fragile supply/demand balance will be upset and oil prices will stay supported."
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Wednesday said it expected global oil demand to break through 100 million bpd for the first time this year. A further risk is seen in OPEC-member Venezuela, where a government and political crisis has halved oil production in the past two years to little more than 1 million bpd.

Copyright Reuters, 2018

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