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国投期货能源日报-20250822
Guo Tou Qi Huo·2025-08-22 11:47

Report Industry Investment Ratings - Crude Oil: ★☆☆ (indicating a bullish bias, but with limited trading opportunities on the market) [1] - Fuel Oil: ★☆★ (the specific meaning is not clearly defined in the context) [1] - Low - Sulfur Fuel Oil: ★☆☆ (indicating a bullish bias, but with limited trading opportunities on the market) [1] - Asphalt: ★☆☆ (indicating a bullish bias, but with limited trading opportunities on the market) [1] - Liquefied Petroleum Gas: ☆☆☆ (suggesting a relatively balanced short - term trend and poor trading opportunities, advisable to wait and see) [1] Core Viewpoints - Geopolitical factors such as sanctions on Iran's oil exports and the stagnation of the Russia - Ukraine peace talks have led to price fluctuations in the energy market. Short - term geopolitical risks remain uncertain, and investors are advised to use appropriate strategies to manage risks [1]. - The fundamentals of different energy products vary. Some show signs of supply - demand balance improvement, while others face challenges such as cost pressure and high inventory [1][2][3]. Summary by Related Catalogs Crude Oil - Overnight international oil prices continued to rise, with the SC10 contract up 0.55% during the day. Sanctions on Iran's oil exports and the stagnation of Russia - Ukraine peace talks have led to a re - evaluation of the market's previous pricing of geopolitical easing. It is recommended to hold a long - straddle strategy for out - of - the - money options to hedge risks and then enter medium - term short positions after the volatility increases [1]. Fuel Oil & Low - Sulfur Fuel Oil - On Friday, affected by the news of increased US sanctions on Iran's oil exports, oil product futures strengthened. FU rose more than 3% in the early trading session, and LU rose nearly 1%. As of the end of July, Singapore's marine fuel sales decreased by 1.7% year - on - year, and China's bonded marine fuel bunkering demand decreased by 1% year - on - year. However, domestic refineries' enthusiasm for producing marine fuel was also low, with supply down 19% year - on - year as of July. Singapore's on - land fuel oil inventory decreased by 6.5% month - on - month, and Fujairah's fuel oil inventory decreased by 17.5% month - on - month. The fundamentals are generally more bullish, and the price spread between different varieties has changed [2]. Asphalt - Sanctions on Iran's oil have led to a stronger geopolitical premium for crude oil, and asphalt prices have followed suit, with the main contract approaching the short - term upper boundary. Since mid - August, the diversion effect of US imports of Venezuelan oil on North Asian resources has increased. Sinopec's asphalt production has shown a widening year - on - year decline due to increased deep - processing loads. In August, the shipment volume of sample refineries increased by 8% year - on - year, breaking the growth bottleneck from June to July. Leading indicators such as the issuance of special bonds for new toll roads and the cumulative domestic sales of road rollers have improved significantly year - on - year, indicating potential demand for asphalt. The basis has declined due to the strengthening of the futures market and the stability of spot prices. The asphalt market's fundamentals have no prominent contradictions, and its price trend mainly follows that of crude oil [2]. Liquefied Petroleum Gas - The overseas market has recently stabilized. Although exports are increasing, the procurement demand in East Asia supported by strong chemical profits provides support. In China, the volume of imported liquefied petroleum gas arriving at ports and the volume released by refineries have increased, putting pressure on domestic - produced gas. After the decline of naphtha prices, the cost advantage of propane has been continuously weakened. With the expected decline in chemical profit margins in the future, the sustainability of the current high operating rate should be monitored. With a high level of warehouse receipts, the upward pressure is relatively strong, and the high - basis pattern can continue, maintaining a volatile trend [3].