国投期货能源日报-20251024

1. Report Industry Investment Ratings - Crude oil: ★☆★, indicating a slightly bullish trend with limited trading opportunities on the market [1] - Fuel oil: ★☆☆, suggesting a bullish bias but with low market operability [1] - Low - sulfur fuel oil: ☆☆☆, meaning the short - term long/short trend is in a relatively balanced state, and it's advisable to wait and see [1] - Asphalt: ★★★, representing a clearer bullish trend with appropriate investment opportunities [1] - Liquefied petroleum gas: ★☆☆, showing a bullish drive but low market operability [1] 2. Core View of the Report - Geopolitical risks, especially the escalation of sanctions on Russia, are driving the short - term upward volatility of the oil market. The short - term trends of various energy products are greatly affected by macro events, while the medium - term trends are related to supply - demand fundamentals [1][2] 3. Summary by Related Catalogs Crude Oil - Overnight international oil prices rebounded for the second consecutive day, with the SC12 contract rising 2.4% intraday. The sharp escalation of the Russia - Ukraine geopolitical risk led to the oil price rebound. The EU's 19th round of sanctions on Russia involves 4 Chinese enterprises, and supply - chain risks have emerged in the trade and unloading ports of Chinese purchases of Russian oil. Geopolitical risks drive the short - term upward volatility of the oil market. Attention should be paid to the progress of Sino - US - Malaysian talks from the 24th to 27th and subsequent Russia - US dialogues [1] Fuel Oil & Low - sulfur Fuel Oil - The escalation of sanctions on Russia by Europe and the US and geopolitical factors drive the upward trend of the crude - oil system. The sanctions on Russia, a major producer of high - sulfur raw materials, have a stronger upward driving force for high - sulfur fuel oil than for low - sulfur fuel oil. In the short term, the trend depends on the outcome of macro events. In the medium term, as the power - generation peak season ends and supply becomes looser, the upward pressure on high - sulfur fuel oil will gradually appear. The fundamentals of low - sulfur fuel oil remain weak with abundant overseas supply. The recovery of the RFCC unit of the Dangote refinery has led to a decline in shipments, but its operational stability remains to be observed. In the fourth quarter, the increase in heating and power - generation demand in the Northern Hemisphere may bring marginal improvement to low - sulfur fuel oil and support the crack spread [2] Asphalt - The BU contract continued its upward trend, with the near - month contract rising relatively strongly. This week, both supply and demand of asphalt decreased. The scheduled production of local refineries in November decreased significantly month - on - month and year - on - year. The weekly shipments of 54 asphalt sample enterprises decreased month - on - month. Social inventories continued to be destocked steadily, while the destocking of refinery inventories was slow, and the overall commercial inventory decreased slightly. In the short term, the asphalt market maintains a tight - balance pattern, and the strengthening of the cost side helps the BU contract consolidate its upward trend [2] Liquefied Petroleum Gas - All LPG futures contracts rose today. The external market price stabilized and rebounded. The commercial volume of liquefied gas and the volume of imported vessels both decreased. The improvement of chemical profit promoted the increase in demand, and the significant cooling in many places led to a sign of improvement in the combustion - end demand. The inventories of Chinese refineries and ports continued to decline. The marginal improvement of fundamentals and the strengthening of crude oil prices boosted the LPG market [2]