The Energies Review
For the week of July 25, 2011

By Daniel Cronin

Crude oil lifted above $100 briefly at the end of the trading week last week as supplies decreased and the Euro rallied to over $1.4300 in Euro/USD. The crude market has held up very strong even as the debt ceiling crisis looms over the market here. WTI spreads in the front and back have been very strong with Z/Z crude oil rallying to over -290. The products including gasoline (RBOB) have been sold recently into this rally as the gas crack has come off $4 the last week. I will look for WTI to come off as the uncertainty around this market continues ahead of the debt decision. With gasoline faltering, and the big news ahead next week, I expect Crude to test the $97 mark as investors sell in front of the news.

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