Midwestern cracking margins for US crude benchmark WTI fell into negative territory last week, pulled down by lower gasoline prices, and higher crude feedstock costs, an analysis of Platts data showed Monday. Margins typically weaken during the winter months, but this January margins are especially weak. The WTI cracking margin averaged 88 cents/b in January, down from $3.04/b in January 2015.
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