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I saw a friend reach out to one of her friends in the oil business on Facebook. I found what he said interesting. So just pasting it here, FWIW.
“The "spot" price is under $3. That is for a delivery contract that expires tomorrow. The next month contract, for delivery May 19, is now at $22.23. Nobody wants delivery tomorrow. There is no place to put it. Storage is near full and demand has cratered. So, while the less than $3 print looks horrible, it's really not that bad. Although, even $22.23 is a very low price!
Negative pricing indicates the oil producer may not want to shut in production for fear of damaging the geology of the well(s). But the produced oil has nowhere to go... so they may have to pay someone to take it. This would primarily happen to lower grades of crude.”
“The "spot" price is under $3. That is for a delivery contract that expires tomorrow. The next month contract, for delivery May 19, is now at $22.23. Nobody wants delivery tomorrow. There is no place to put it. Storage is near full and demand has cratered. So, while the less than $3 print looks horrible, it's really not that bad. Although, even $22.23 is a very low price!
Negative pricing indicates the oil producer may not want to shut in production for fear of damaging the geology of the well(s). But the produced oil has nowhere to go... so they may have to pay someone to take it. This would primarily happen to lower grades of crude.”
