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XA i-Dot: What has changed in US-China oil systems since May? Brent bias: downside on de-escalation headlines; physical-flow recovery determines whether it lasts?

By the XAnalysts team

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Commodity
Crude & Diesel
Market Hub
Brent & Products
Price Indicator
Flat price & product cracks
Time Period
Immediate -2 weeks
Market Impact
Bearish for crude and cracks on truce headlines

China entered the Gulf crisis with perhaps the world’s most important oil cushion—and used it to absorb the shock. Chinese seaborne crude imports fell from 11.5 mb/d in February to just 6.0 mb/d in June , allowing China to stop competing aggressively for…

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