Diesel Rebounds, Demand Lags, and Drones Hit Refineries
Diesel futures remain on the high side of the summer seasonal range, taking back all of last weeks losses. Fundamentally, even as demand saw a little bit of a boost this past week, if you strip out exports (implied demand), we are still well below last years figures. Gasoline, while slightly more stable, is still soft on a national level. The inelasticity of gasoline (people need gas to commute daily) tends to be overlooked more than Diesel as it has a direct relationship to the health of the overall economy. If folks aren’t buying diesel, trucks aren’t running.