RE: Helpful reply from Premier Oil representative26 Aug 2020 14:11
Please read blow what happens to oil price during a hurricane.
What Tends to Happen to Oil, Gasoline and Diesel Prices During a Hurricane?
In the aftermath of a hurricane, gasoline and diesel prices tend to spike.
For example, with hurricanes Katrina and Rita, we saw a sharp jump in spot prices in the Gulf Coast market, with the mean price for unleaded regular gasoline going from $2.30/gal on Aug. 29 – the day Katrina arrived in New Orleans, to $3/gal on Aug. 30. Prices recovered a bit following that spike, but when Rita came ashore, prices spiked once again.
Spikes weren’t contained just to the Gulf Coast spot region. NYMEX futures contracts also jumped, and with that, prices across the United States all moved significantly higher, because futures pricing represents the “baseline” for spot trading across the country.
Oil prices near four-year high as hurricane bears down on US
Donald Trump in warning to ‘get out of its way’ as Florence bears down on east coast
September 12, 2018 10:25 pm by Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Anjli Raval and Oliver Ralph in London
Oil prices hovered around $80 a barrel on Wednesday, nearing a four-year high as traders braced for Hurricane Florence and other tropical storms that were barrelling towards the US, coinciding with mounting concerns about a global supply shortfall.
Hurricane Danger Lifts Oil Prices
By Irina Slav - Sep 11, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT
Hurricane Florence, which is moving towards the U.S. East Coast, helped push prices higher today and will continue to act as a tailwind for West Texas Intermediate until at least Thursday, based on the latest updates from the National Hurricane Center.
Oil jumps above $60 ahead of storm in Gulf of Mexico
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business
Updated 7:41 AM EDT, Thu July 11, 2019
New York (CNN Business) US oil has surged above $60 a barrel amid concerns that Tropical Storm Barry could derail crude production in the Gulf of Mexico.
US oil futures for August delivery settled 4.5% higher at $60.43 on Wednesday, according to data from CME. That's a seven-week high and the first time futures have edged above $60 since May 22, according to Refinitiv.
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Double hurricane threat as Tropical Storms Laura and Marco advance towards US Gulf Coast
Expert says two hurricanes have never appeared in Gulf of Mexico at same time
Could the US and Caribbean be heading for their worst hurricane season?
Experts say they are concerned as two potential hurricanes head north – and coronavirus is complicating matters
Two potential hurricanes are heading towards the northern Caribbean and mainland United States – with a third building in the Atlantic – in apparent confirmation of meteorologists’ predictions that the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season will become one of the