Cbod Petroelum Market Update Crude: Price Component PMS AGO LPG
Cbod Petroelum Market Update Crude: Price Component PMS AGO LPG
Cbod Petroelum Market Update Crude: Price Component PMS AGO LPG
Crude
Crude
prices
dropped
to
a
12-‐year
low
at
$27.67
on
the
ICE
Brent
market
which
continued
to
see
high
volatility
on
the
back
of
a
supply
glut
and
waning
global
demand
amidst
faltering
global
economic
growth.
This
was
mainly
due
to
Iran’s
return
to
the
international
oil
market
with
a
promise
to
increase
oil
shipments
by
500,000
barrels
per
day,
after
international
sanctions
were
lifted.
According
to
the
International
Energy
Agency,
Iran
is
expected
to
be
able
to
ramp
up
production
to
pre-‐
sanction
levels
at
3.6
million
barrels
per
day
within
six
months.
This
prospect
continues
to
pose
a
bearish
outlook
on
crude
prices.
The
average
world
market
price
for
the
December
27
to
January
11
pricing
window
(used
to
set
prices
for
sales
between
the
16th
and
31st
of
January)
dropped
by
3.95%,
0.83%
and
5.19%
for
Gasoil,
Gasoline
and
LPG
respectively
as
compared
to
the
previous
pricing
window.
With
just
half-‐way
through
the
12th-‐
26th
January
pricing
window,
which
is
used
to
set
pump
prices
for
the
first
half
of
February
in
Ghana,
prices
have
already
recorded
a
further
fall
of
about
12.7%,
10.5%
and
15.54%
for
Gasoil,
Gasoline
and
LPG
respectively
on
the
world
market.
The
fall
in
prices
was
occasioned
by
a
surge
in
demand
for
winter-‐grade
products
and
less
interest
in
summer-‐grade
products
which
are
consumed
in
West
Africa.
The
marginal
fall
in
refined
products
prices
was
not
transferred
entirely
to
XPi
prices
due
to
the
depreciation
of
the
GHS
to
the
USD,
which
saw
the
FuFex
60
day
forward
rate
used
in
the
previous
window’s
XPi
rise
from
4.0227
to
4.0927
in
this
current
window.
Price
Trend
July
2015
–
February
2016
450.00
400.00
Gasoil
350.00
Gasoline
300.00
250.00
LPG
200.00
150.00
100.00
50.00
0.00
1-‐15
July
16-‐31
August
1-‐15
October
16-‐30
1-‐15
January
November
2016
Note:
• The
XPi
The
XPi
is
an
estimate
of
the
EX
refinery
price
at
which
BDCs
may
sell
petroleum
products
to
oil
marketing
companies.
It
is
based
on
the
maximum
allowable
US
dollar
indexed
price
BDCs
would
have
sold
petroleum
products
under
the
immediate
past
regulated
regime,
and
converted
in
Ghana
Cedis
at
a
referenced
foreign
exchange
rate
FuFeX.
•
FuFeX
The
FuFeX
is
an
average
of
the
quoted
indicative
forward
forex
rates
from
major
oil
financing
banks.