Benzin demand surged last week, buoyed by increased pre-odmor povjerenje potrošača. But fears of the COVID-19 omicron variant’s economic impact may threaten future global oil consumption. As a result, pump cijene fell again last week as grub ulje cijene wobbled—neither rising steadily nor falling rapidly. The national average for a gallon of gas dipped three cents to $3.30.
“A recovering economy coupled with strong employment is leading to increased demand for benzin,” said Andrew Gross, AAA spokesperson. “This demand increase should drive pump cijene higher, but it’s been blunted by the wavering price of grub ulje."
According to recent data from the Energy Information Administration (Studija utjecaja na okoliš), ukupno domaće benzin stocks decreased by 700,000 bbl to 218.6 million bbl last week. Meanwhile, benzin demand increased from 8.96 million b/d to 9.47 million b/d. Typically, growing demand and tight supply would support rising pump cijene; however, fluctuations in the price of grub oil have helped to put downward pressure on cijene, Prošli tjedan, grub cijene crept above $70 per barrel and if oil cijene nastaviti se penjati, pumpati cijene vjerojatno će slijediti primjer.
As of December 20, the national average of $3.30 is 11 cents less than a month ago and $1.09 more than a year ago.
Brza statistika
10 najvećih tjednih pada u zemlji: Indijana (−6 cents), Michigan (−6 cents), Ohio (−5 cents), Arizona (−5 cents), Illinois (−5 cents), Florida (−4 cents), Kolorado (−4 cents), Alabama (−3 cents), Kentucky (−3 cents) and Wisconsin (−3 centi).
The nation’s top 10 most expensive markets: Kalifornija ($ 4.66), Havaji ($ 4.33), Vašington ($ 3.86), Nevada ($ 3.86), Oregon ($ 3.77), Arizona ($ 3.69), Aljaska ($ 3.69), Ajdaho ($ 3.60), Utah ($ 3.55) i Pennsylvania ($ 3.55)
Dinamika tržišta nafte
Na zatvaranju službene sjednice trgovanja u petak, WTI smanjio se za 1.52 USD na 70.86 USD. Sirove cijene declined last week due to growing market concerns that the omicron variant of COVID-19 will lead to a decrease in demand as governments around the globe increase measures to curb transmission rates. Additionally, grub cijene declined despite Studija utjecaja na okoliš’s new data revealing that total domestic grub stocks decreased by 4.6 million bbl to 428.3 million bbl. The current stock level is 14.4 percent lower than mid-December 2020. For this week, grub cijene could drop further if omicron concerns persist.
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