Список проголосовавших за комментарий "<p>DM88, американцы в последние годы становились более эффективными по потреблению бензина. Как следствие высоких цен прошлых лет. </p><p>Ну а по поводу хранения вот. </p><p>Суперконтанго сделало прибыльным хранение нефти в танкерах VLCC и Suezmaxes для американской нефти на срок до 6 мес. По Бренту — пока нет. <br/> --------------<br/> 02/18/2016<br/> WTI Floating Storage on VLCC Profitable for Up to 6 Mos: Weber<br/> By Bill Lehane. <br/> (Bloomberg) — Storing WTI crude oil on a VLCC is profitable if held for between 1 and 6 mos, George Los, senior tanker market analyst for U.S. shipbroker Charles R. Weber, says via e-mail yday in response to questions.<br/> M1-2 earns $1.37/bbl; M1-3 earns $2.41/bbl<br/> M1-4 earns $2.63/bbl; M1-6 earns $2.08/bbl<br/> M 1-7 earns 3c/bbl<br/> M1-13 yields loss of 79c/bbl, M1-19 loses $1.96/bbl<br/> Brent floating storage is seen as unprofitable <br/> M1-2 -$0.53/bbl; M1-3 -$0.67/bbl; M1-4 -$0.82/bbl; M1-5 -$0.93/bbl; M1-6 -$1.11/bbl; M1-7 -$1.34/bbl; M1-13 -$4.22/bbl; M1-19 -$5.24/bbl<br/> --------------<br/> 02/17/2016<br/> WTI Super-Contango Making Floating Storage Viable in U.S.: BMI<br/> By Dhwani Pandya<br/> (Bloomberg) — Floating storage is becoming profitable amid WTI super-contango, Peter Lee, analyst at BMI Research, says in e-mail interview.<br/> As of Feb. 17, 1-yr forward prices for WTI trading at premium of $9.78/bbl; persistently widening gap can render floating storage viable short-term option in U.S., esp. in Gulf of Mexico: Lee<br/> Contango for Brent narrower at $6.53/bbl, which weighs on viability of floating storage in regions that rely on Brent as benchmark, like Asia-Pacific <br/> That may change in certain key storage hubs like Singapore as cost of hiring VLCCs fall, stockpiles of refined fuels increase in coming quarters<br/> --------------<br/> 02/16/2016<br/> WTI Floating Storage ‘Modestly Positive’ on Suezmaxes: JPMorgan<br/> By Alex Longley<br/> (Bloomberg) — At current WTI contango 3-mo. and 6-mo. storage on Suezmax ships “still modestly positive before finance costs,” JPMorgan analyst Noah Parquette says in note.<br/> Storing on Suezmax “not nearly as profitable as on a VLCC” <br/> VLCC storage costs ~70c/bbl/mo. just using charter rates<br/> U.S. does not have the infrastructure to export on VLCCs, more useful to include smaller, more expensive Suexmax tankers in calculations<br/> WTI contango supportive of floating storage, Brent contango is not</p>"