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Market Close: Feb 11 Down

Fueling Strategy: Please fuel as needed today/tonight, Friday prices will go up 1/2 cents then another 2 cents Saturday – Be Safe
NYMEX Crude    $ 58.24 DN $.4400
NYMEX ULSD     $1.7446 DN $.0164
NYMEX Gas       $1.6502 DN $.0032
NEWS
Oil prices fell on Thursday, giving up some of the recent strong gains, although losses were curbed by production cuts and hopes that rollouts of vaccines will drive a recovery in demand.

Brent Crude fell 26 cents, or 0.42%, to $61.21 a barrel, after touching its highest since January 2020 on Wednesday. WTI Crude settled 44 cents, or 0.75%, lower at $58.24 per barrel. “Crude oil futures rallied following a bigger than expected fall in inventories in the U.S.,” ANZ said in a note. “However, sentiment was curtailed by a rise in gasoline inventories.” Crude stocks last week fell for a third straight week, dropping 6.6 million barrels to 469 million barrels, their lowest since March, according to the Energy Information Administration. Analysts in a Reuters poll had forecast a 985,000-barrel increase.

Brent has risen for the previous nine sessions, its longest sustained period of gains since January 2019. On Wednesday, was the eighth daily rise for U.S. crude. However, some analysts say prices have moved too far ahead of the underlying fundamentals.

Stocks were flat in early trading in Asia on Thursday as investors kept tapping the brakes on runs in asset prices after taking in tepid U.S. inflation data and comments from the Federal Reserve chief affirming the outlook for a slow recovery.

Crude has jumped since November as governments kicked off vaccination drives for COVID-19 while putting in place large stimulus packages to boost economic activity, and the world’s top producers kept a lid on supply. Top exporter Saudi Arabia is unilaterally reducing supply in February and March, supplementing cuts agreed by other members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies, known as OPEC+.

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