Group 1: Report Industry Investment Rating - The report maintains a bearish outlook on the fuel oil industry [1] Group 2: Core View of the Report - Due to the expected oversupply in the oil market, the international and domestic crude oil futures prices have been declining, dragging down the high - sulfur fuel oil futures 2510 contract. With the cooling of the Russia - Ukraine conflict and the poor supply - demand structure of fuel oil, the contract is expected to remain weak [2][5] Group 3: Summary by Relevant Catalogs Impact of Geopolitical Events on Oil Prices - After the US - Russia summit, although no agreement was reached on issues such as a cease - fire in Ukraine, both sides considered the meeting constructive. With more leaders planning to meet, the Russia - Ukraine conflict is expected to cool down, leading to a shrinkage of the international crude oil futures premium. As fuel oil prices are 91.5% correlated with crude oil prices, the cost support for high - sulfur fuel oil futures has weakened [3] Asian Fuel Oil Supply Situation - Since late July, the Asian fuel oil market has been in a state of continuous oversupply. More fuel oil, including that from the Middle East and Russia, is flowing into Asia. The spot spread of Asian high - sulfur fuel oil has fallen to a three - year low, with ample supply and weak downstream demand. The fuel oil arbitrage cargo has been steadily flowing into the Asian market, and the seasonal power generation demand in South Asian countries has not improved the market fundamentals [4] Domestic Fuel Oil Demand Situation - Since mid - August, the weekly wholesale and ex - warehouse volume of domestic marine heavy - fuel oil has decreased by 2.09% (0.15 tons) to 7.04 tons. The overall market demand is weak, with cautious procurement and sales by downstream enterprises, sparse orders, and insufficient market buying sentiment. Only in Shandong, due to the small - scale rigid - demand purchases by some ship suppliers, the ex - warehouse volume has increased [5]