Midwest Spot Oil Product Prices Soar on Basis Spikes

    

   BURLINGTON, Vt. (DTN) -- Spot market gasoline and diesel fuel prices in 
Oklahoma Group 3 and Chicago raced higher Monday propelled by a moderate 
advance in benchmark RBOB and ULSD oil futures on the New York Mercantile 
Exchange and a surge in prompt cash differentials.

   Trading was active throughout the day in both heartland open market regions. 

   In futures, the December WTI contract expired at today's formal session 
close finishing $0.30 higher at $56.76 bbl and January futures climbed $0.52 to 
$57.20 bbl. December ULSD futures rallied 1.27cts to $2.0864 gallon at 
settlement, and the spot month RBOB contract posted a 0.59cts advance at 
$1.5829 gallon. 

   Chicago 15.0-lb. CBOB soared 700pts in cash differential, trading for 
delivery into the Buckeye Complex a penny over the December RBOB futures print 
that powered spot price 7.59cts above its DTN Friday closing market assessment 
to $1.5929 gallon. RBOB improved 100pts to a 4.0cts CBOB premium that boosted 
flat price by 8.59cts, and PBOB maintained a 30.0cts premium over CBOB. 

   Chicago ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel rambled 5.27cts higher to $2.1364 
gallon, trading late day 5.0cts over the MERC for offline delivery into BCX 
storage. Suboctane 13.5-lb. regular V-grade in Group 3 rode a 350pts basis 
improvement 4.09cts higher to $1.5879 gallon, changing hands refiner-to-trading 
company 0.5cts over the MERC. A-grade unleaded premium was priced at a 20.0cts 
regrade at $1.7879 gallon. 

   Group 3 X-grade ULSD sold for prompt cycle Magellan Pipeline delivery at 
MERC level that gave spot price a 2.02cts lift to $2.0864 gallon. 

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