Core Insights - WTI August crude oil futures closed at $67.34 per barrel [1] - Abu Dhabi Murban crude oil futures increased by 0.37%, currently priced at $70.97 per barrel, with a cumulative decline of 0.81% for the week [1] - NYMEX August natural gas futures settled at $3.5650 per million British thermal units [1] - NYMEX August gasoline futures closed at $2.1534 per gallon, while August heating oil futures settled at $2.4530 per gallon [1] - ICE UK natural gas futures experienced a cumulative decline of 5.68% for the week, and TTF benchmark Dutch natural gas futures fell by 5.47% [1] - ICE EU carbon emission trading allowances (futures prices) saw a cumulative increase of 0.63% [1]

Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. Core Viewpoints of the Report - The peak of the northern hemisphere's consumption season can still support the market to some extent, resisting the pressure of increased supply. Coupled with many short - term supply disturbances in the market, oil prices are expected to fluctuate slightly stronger. However, the consumption season has reached its peak, and attention should be paid to the subsequent performance of US gasoline demand. After that, the supply pressure will gradually increase, and the upside space is limited [7]. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 1. Weekly Views - **Last week's view**: The northern hemisphere's consumption season can support the market to resist supply pressure, but the upside space is limited as the consumption season is at its peak [7]. - **This week's trend analysis**: At the beginning of the week, potential Russian supply disturbances briefly strengthened oil prices, but Trump's statement dispelled short - term risks, and prices gave back previous gains. Despite poor US gasoline data, traditional consumption seasons and Iraqi supply disturbances kept weekly oil prices in a relatively strong oscillation [7]. - **Analysis of fundamentals**: The month - spread is firm, diesel leads the crack spread, and US gasoline demand data is cold. Major institutions' monthly reports maintain the expectation of increased inventory but have differences on future demand trends. There are multiple supply disturbances such as EU sanctions on Russia, Trump promoting a Russian agreement, and damaged production in the Iraqi Kurdish region [7]. 2. Weekly Highlights - **Near - month spreads**: After the disturbance of the Middle - East conflict ended, the month - spreads remained firm, indicating tight physical supply and demand. The month - spread of Middle - East Oman crude was stronger and affected the internal SC month - spread [9][11]. - **Diesel crack**: Globally, the crack spread maintained an oscillating or strengthening trend. Diesel crack led the market, and the 211 crack spread (with 1/2 diesel) was stronger than the 321 crack spread (with 1/3 diesel) in all regional markets, suggesting the continuation of strong market conditions [14]. - **US gasoline demand**: As of July 11, US crude inventories decreased unexpectedly, but refined product inventories increased unexpectedly. The refinery operating rate decreased slightly to 93.9%. US weekly crude exports contributed to the inventory decline. Gasoline demand after four - week smoothing decreased by more than 2 million barrels per day, but previous data were good, and further tracking is needed [16]. - **Global diesel inventory**: Diesel inventories in major consumer countries like the US and China are at multi - year lows. The long - term production contraction of Saudi Arabia and Russia has led to global crude oil lightening and supported diesel crack spreads [19]. - **Main energy institutions' July reports**: IEA, OPEC, and EIA's July reports showed no significant adjustment to demand, but IEA and EIA significantly increased supply expectations. There are differences in their expectations for the future. EIA's balance sheet shows relative balance in the third quarter and inventory surpluses in the following quarters [20]. - **OPEC+ balance sheet**: OPEC's July report predicts an increase in global oil demand and non - OPEC+ supply in 2025 and 2026. To achieve supply - demand balance, OPEC+ needs to increase crude oil supply by 400,000 barrels per day each year. It maintains the global economic growth forecast [22]. - **OPEC+ 8 - country production**: Excluding Kazakhstan, the other 7 OPEC+ countries well - executed production plans in June. Saudi Arabia may use a new calculation standard to report production, which is seen as evidence that OPEC+ led by Saudi Arabia tends to compete for market share. There are rumors of a potential 548,000 - barrel - per - day production increase in August [25]. - **Supply disturbances**: EU sanctions on Russia have limited direct impact on Russian oil. Trump's threat of tariffs poses a risk after 50 days. Drone attacks in the Iraqi Kurdish region reduced oil production by 140,000 - 150,000 barrels per day, which can boost oil prices but has limited upside potential [27]. - **North American hurricane forecast**: According to NOAA, there is a 60% chance of above - average hurricane activity this year, which is relatively calmer than last year. Currently, there are no hurricanes in the US Gulf, and the probability of cyclone formation in the next 7 days is less than 40%, but the predicted location is close to platforms and refineries [29]. 3. Price, Spread, and Crack - **Crude oil futures and spot trends**: The report presents various charts of crude oil futures and spot prices, including different regions and benchmarks [32]. - **Brent and WTI crude oil positions**: Charts show the net long positions of different participants in Brent and WTI futures and options [34][37]. - **Crude oil futures structure**: Displays the futures structure of WTI, Brent, Oman, and SC crude oil [40]. - **Crude oil month - spread**: Presents the month - spread trends of different crude oils over time [43]. - **Cross - market futures and spot spreads**: Analyzes cross - market futures and spot spreads of different crude oils [46][49]. - **Saudi OSP**: Saudi Arabia has adjusted the official selling prices of different grades of crude oil to different regions in August compared to July [56]. - **Refined product prices and crack spreads**: Covers the prices and crack spreads of refined products in futures and spot markets in different regions [61][63][66][69]. 4. Supply - Demand Inventory Balance Sheet - **Global supply**: Includes the supply of non - OPEC, OPEC, and the total global crude oil supply, as well as the supply of major non - OPEC and OPEC countries [82][85][88]. - **Global demand**: Covers the demand of OECD, non - OECD, and the total global crude oil demand, as well as the demand of major countries and regions [106]. - **Inventory**: Analyzes inventories in different regions such as the US, OECD, Europe, Japan, ARA, Singapore, and China [115][118][120]. - **EIA balance sheet**: The EIA balance sheet shows that the global crude oil market will have a supply surplus in 2025 and 2026 [136]. - **OPEC balance sheet**: OPEC's balance sheet predicts global oil demand and non - OPEC+ supply in 2025 and 2026, and calculates the required OPEC+ crude oil supply for balance [140][142][145]. - **OECD inventory, consumption days, and floating storage**: Provides data on OECD's land - based commercial inventory, strategic petroleum reserve, consumption days, and floating storage [147]. 5. EIA Weekly Report and Others - **EIA weekly report main data**: Presents data on US crude oil production, commercial crude oil inventory, refinery operating rate, and total crude - chain inventory [151]. - **Supply data**: Includes the production of crude oil, gasoline, distillates, and jet fuel [154].

Group 1 - Chinese concept stocks showed mixed performance, with Alibaba rising over 3% and Kingsoft Cloud increasing nearly 7%, indicating optimistic growth prospects for its cloud services business [1][2] - Netflix's stock rose by 2% after the company raised its full-year revenue forecast [1][2] Group 2 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased by 53.82 points, or 0.12%, closing at 44,538.31 [3] - The Nasdaq Composite rose by 77.94 points, or 0.37%, reaching 20,963.59 [3] - The S&P 500 index gained 14.74 points, or 0.23%, ending at 6,312.10 [3] Group 3 - Chevron's stock rose by 3% in pre-market trading after successfully completing the acquisition of Hess, winning a competitive bid against ExxonMobil [8][13] - Hess's stock also saw a pre-market increase of over 7% following the arbitration victory against Exxon, which facilitated Chevron's acquisition [12][13]

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Core Viewpoint - BP's stock price increased by 1.3% following the agreement to sell its onshore wind business in the United States [1] Group 1 - BP has agreed to divest its onshore wind power operations in the U.S. [1] - The sale is part of BP's strategy to streamline its operations and focus on more profitable ventures [1] - The market reacted positively to the news, reflected in the 1.3% rise in BP's stock price [1]

智通财经APP获悉，有媒体在周四援引知情人士透露的消息报道称，全球石油与天然气巨头沙特阿美 (ARMCO)非常接近达成协议，从美国资管巨头贝莱德(BLK.US)牵头并领导的大型金融财团筹集大约 100亿美元资金，主要用于投资沙特阿美位于贾富拉(Jafurah)超大型天然气项目的基础设施，还将用于 其他的非石油类型基础设施项目。 对于全球能源版图而言，随着各国寻求比石油和煤炭更清洁的能源替代品，天然气资源，尤其是液化天 然气(LNG)的资源重要性可谓逐渐超过石油体系。尤其是对于AI数据中心而言，同属清洁能源属性且更 加高效能源范畴的天然气，未来几年将是数据中心无比庞大电力系统的核心重要能源之一。 在一些华尔街分析师看来，人工智能训练/推理系统乃驱动天然气能源需求增长的重要因素。谷歌、微 软以及亚马逊AWS等大型数据中心对于天然气等清洁能源的近年来无比强劲需求，主要在于全球，尤 其是欧洲发达国家脱碳化大趋势之下，聚焦于清洁属性的风电、地热等可再生资源，以及同属清洁能源 属性且更加高效的能源——天然气。 此外，这笔沙特阿美面向贾富拉(Jafurah)天然气项目基础设施的约100亿美元融资既是能源领域筹资举 措，也是 ...

1. Report Industry Investment Rating - All the analyzed energy and chemical products are rated as "Oscillating" [1][3][4][5][7] 2. Core Viewpoints of the Report - The overall volatility of oil prices has decreased, lacking market drivers, and oil prices are oscillating repeatedly. Most energy and chemical products' markets have unclear unilateral drivers and generally follow the cost - end crude oil for narrow - range fluctuations [1][3][4] 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Research Views - **Crude Oil**: On Thursday, oil prices rebounded. WTI August contract rose $1.16 to $67.54 per barrel (1.75% increase), Brent September contract rose $1.00 to $69.52 per barrel (1.46% increase), and SC2508 closed at 524.1 yuan per barrel, up 10.5 yuan (2.04% increase). Last week, US crude oil inventories declined, and Iraq's crude oil production decreased by about 200,000 barrels per day. Chevron's production in the largest US oil field is approaching a plateau. Entering the hurricane - prone season, its impact on oil prices needs attention. Speculators' net long positions in NYMEX light - sweet crude oil futures decreased by 10.8% [1] - **Fuel Oil**: On Thursday, the main fuel oil contract FU2509 on the SHFE closed down 0.28% at 2,863 yuan per ton, and the low - sulfur fuel oil contract LU2509 closed down 1.89% at 3,580 yuan per ton. As of the week ending July 14, Singapore's on - land fuel oil inventories decreased by 1323000 barrels (5.35%) week - on - week, and Fujairah's fuel oil inventories decreased by 682000 barrels (6.65%) week - on - week. The short - term market follows the cost - end crude oil for range - bound oscillations [3] - **Asphalt**: On Thursday, the main asphalt contract BU2509 on the SHFE closed up 0.3% at 3,628 yuan per ton. This week, the total inventory level of domestic refinery asphalt was 26.18%, down 0.82% week - on - week; the social inventory rate was 35.34%, down 0.14% week - on - week; the domestic asphalt plant operating rate was 33.72%, down 0.88% week - on - week. The short - term market follows the cost - end crude oil for narrow - range fluctuations [3] - **Polyester**: TA509 closed at 4,714 yuan per ton, up 0.17% yesterday; EG2509 closed at 4,372 yuan per ton, up 0.48%. As of July 17, the overall ethylene glycol operating load in the Chinese mainland was 66.2% (up 1.37% from the previous period), and the PTA load reached 79.7%. Polyester prices are oscillating weakly. Attention should be paid to changes in the macro environment and crude oil prices [4] - **Rubber**: On Thursday, the main rubber contract RU2509 rose 165 yuan per ton to 14,665 yuan per ton, and the NR main contract rose 95 yuan per ton to 12,585 yuan per ton. In June 2025, China's synthetic rubber production was 703000 tons, a year - on - year increase of 3.7%. Rubber prices are expected to oscillate [5] - **Methanol**: The price has returned to an oscillating trend. Iran's plant operating load has recovered to a high point, and the arrival volume has increased to a relatively high level, with limited subsequent increments. Downstream profits have recovered, and subsequent operations will remain stable [5] - **Polyolefins**: The supply of polyolefins has limited changes, demand is at the bottom, and there is little room for further decline. The agricultural film market will strengthen seasonally, and the market is expected to gradually trade on demand recovery, with prices expected to fluctuate narrowly [7] - **Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)**: The price in the East China PVC market changed little on Thursday. The overall supply has decreased, and although demand has not improved significantly, the fundamentals have not deteriorated further. The upside rebound space is limited [7] 3.2 Daily Data Monitoring - The report provides the spot prices, futures prices, basis, basis rates, and their changes of multiple energy and chemical products on July 17 and 16, including crude oil, liquefied petroleum gas, asphalt, fuel oil, etc. It also explains the calculation methods and data sources [9] 3.3 Market News - Signs of tightness in the crude oil spot market supported oil prices. Last week, US crude oil inventories declined, and Iraq's crude oil production decreased due to drone attacks. Chevron's production in the largest US oil field is approaching a plateau. Former US Treasury Secretary Summers warned that Trump's preference for Fed interest - rate setting may lead to a surge in inflation expectations and higher long - term borrowing costs [11] 3.4 Chart Analysis - **Main Contract Prices**: Presents the historical closing price trends of the main contracts of various energy and chemical products from 2021 to 2025, including crude oil, fuel oil, asphalt, etc. [13][15][17] - **Main Contract Basis**: Displays the historical basis trends of the main contracts of various products, such as crude oil, fuel oil, etc. [26][28][32] - **Inter - term Contract Spreads**: Shows the historical spreads between different contracts of products like fuel oil, asphalt, etc. [40][42][45] - **Inter - product Spreads**: Illustrates the historical spreads and ratios between different products, such as crude oil's internal and external spreads, fuel oil's high - low sulfur spreads, etc. [58][61][62] - **Production Profits**: Presents the historical production profit trends of products like ethylene - glycol, polypropylene, etc. [66][68] 3.5 Team Member Introduction - **Zhong Meiyan**: Assistant Director of the Institute and Director of Energy and Chemicals, with over ten years of experience in futures and derivatives market research, has won multiple awards [71] - **Du Bingqin**: Analyst for crude oil, natural gas, fuel oil, asphalt, and shipping, with in - depth research on the energy industry and many achievements [72] - **Di Yilin**: Analyst for natural rubber and polyester, with strong data analysis and logical abilities, and has won many awards [73] - **Peng Haibo**: Analyst for methanol, PE, PP, and PVC, with experience in combining financial theory and industrial operations [74]

Group 1 - The core viewpoint of the news is that the China Hong Kong 300 upstream index has shown positive performance, with a 0.94% increase over the past month, an 18.02% increase over the past three months, and a 12.03% increase year-to-date [1] - The China Hong Kong 300 upstream index is composed of securities selected based on the China Securities Industry Classification, reflecting the overall performance of various thematic securities listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange [1] - The index has a base date of December 31, 2004, with a base point of 1000.0 [1] Group 2 - The top ten holdings of the China Hong Kong 300 upstream index include China National Offshore Oil Corporation (28.76%), PetroChina Company Limited (13.17%), Zijin Mining Group (10.73%), China Shenhua Energy Company (9.47%), Sinopec Limited (9.06%), China Hongqiao Group (4.45%), China Coal Energy Company (3.29%), Zhaojin Mining Industry Company (3.19%), Luoyang Molybdenum Company (2.74%), and Yanzhou Coal Mining Company (2.33%) [1] - The index's holdings are entirely composed of securities listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with a 100% allocation [1] Group 3 - In terms of industry composition, the China Hong Kong 300 upstream index has a significant allocation to oil and gas at 51.38%, followed by precious metals at 15.91%, coal at 15.56%, and industrial metals at 14.64% [2] - The index samples are adjusted semi-annually, with adjustments occurring on the next trading day after the second Friday of June and December each year [2] - Special circumstances may lead to temporary adjustments to the index, such as delisting of sample companies or corporate actions like mergers and acquisitions [2]

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