International crude:Asian sweets get a boost

摘要

Bullishness on condensates fueled a 1.20/barrel surge in the Asian Pacific sweet market Friday.Australia's NorthWest Shelf dominated focus on heaping concerns that a marked lack of availability in the May program would force regular buyers into unexpected short positions.A scheduled maintenance at the NWS field has resulted in a shortage of two and a half cargoes for May-lifting while the remaining barrels were said to have been committed early on.About five NWS cargoes are usually made available every month.