I think something that many forget is that we are share TRADING. It’s not a shop.
Every single buy is also a sell (and vice versa) so the red/blue is only really a rough indication of how desperate the sellers are to sell or the buyers are to buy. With a very small spread it is really quite irrelevant. So don’t worry.
Would it be unrealistic to assume the marketing / customer relations department is holding out for the 8th to announce the 8/8e partnership? If it is a major like BP or Shell, waiting weeks before announcing will make no difference to them but may be good for publicity. Just a thought.