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E/W leads but physical lags, naphtha’s July setup is shaping up bullish

Commentary summary: This week’s rebound in cracks and timespreads supports the thesis that April’s correction was a mid-crisis pause rather than a structural reversal. The key contrast

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Analyst Briefs
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  • Cross Barrel

Week 17 Pricing Analyst Update – Nadia Riaz – AG – Cross Barrel

15 MAY 26 - 07:51

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  • Naphtha

Asia Fuel Oil – Pricing Analyst Update – 11-15 May

14 MAY 26 - 10:48

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  • Fuel Oil

Asia Gasoline – Pricing Analyst Update – 11-15 May

14 MAY 26 - 10:43

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  • Freight

TC2 fundamentals remain bullish despite narrowing window as ballasters redirect toward Europe

14 MAY 26 - 10:39

Deep Dives
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  • Naphtha

E/W leads but physical lags, naphtha’s July setup is shaping up bullish

E/W leads but physical lags, naphtha's July setup is shaping up bullish.

15 MAY 26 - 09:22

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  • Gasoline

RBOB spreads bullish as Houston re-establishes market share in LATAM on a narrowing TA arb, while prompt E/W spreads rally

Low US inventories, Houston's Latin American Re-engagement, and prompt Chinese supply absence set the stage for a bullish summer.

14 MAY 26 - 13:48

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  • Distillate

Bullish on the diesel paper arbs, more confidently on the HOGO than the GO E/W

Very very low US diesel stocks paint a fairly unambiguous picture.

14 MAY 26 - 10:17

Chart Packs
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APAC Chart Pack May 2026

14 MAY 26 - 07:34

  • Cross Barrel
  • Crude
  • Distillate
  • Freight
  • Fuel Oil
  • Gasoline
  • Jet
  • Naphtha

EMEA Chart Pack April 2026

21 APR 26 - 14:03

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  • Fuel Oil
  • Gasoline
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Americas Chart Pack April 2026

15 APR 26 - 09:57

Podcast: No Iran deal yet. US stocks are draining. What breaks first?

13 MAY 26 | 48 mins 14 secs

Podcast: Iran talks spin. US diesel stocks are running out of runway.

07 MAY 26 | 33 mins 35 secs

Podcast: Asia absorbed the initial shock. Now the US is running dry

30 APR 26

Podcast: The Iran podcast – Where do we go from here?

24 APR 26

Podcast: Tariffs, Tariffs, Tariffs

16 APR 26

Podcast: The blockade is here. Now what?

09 APR 26

Opinion View all
  • Cross Barrel

The Iran war and oil markets: the Hormuz question

The Iran war and oil markets: the Hormuz question Part 3 of a Series March 29, 2026 Felipe Elink...

30 MAR 26 - 07:59

  • Cross Barrel

The Iran war and oil markets: what comes next

16 MAR 26 - 09:21

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Trading Energy Futures Arbs-Driven ICE GO Futures Time Spread Forecasting

05 MAY 25 - 07:46

Trading Energy Futures: Arbs-driven EBOB spread forecasting

24 MAR 25 - 10:55

Sparta’s in town for CERA week

Houston | March 23, 2026

From Data to Decisions: How Databento and Sparta are Transforming Commodity Markets

Online | July 8, 2025

Cutting Through the Noise: The challenge in accessing real-time pricing

Online | April 29, 2025

Fuel Oil Focus: Cracks, refinery margins, and debunking ECA myths

Online | March 12, 2025

Winter Webinar 2024: All change in the European gasoline market in 2025

On - Demand Webinar | December 10, 2024

Autumn Webinar 2024: Unlocking Freight Demand – The Next Step in Shipping

On-demand webinar | October 9, 2024

Webinars View all
  • Cross Barrel

Sparta Insights Webinar: 2026 outlook for the oil market

Catch our first webinar of the year where Sparta experts Neil Crosby, Michael Ryan, June Goh and James Noel-Beswick dove into the key trends shaping the oil markets in 2026, with more OPEC, Atlantic Basin and Venezuelan barrels reshaping diffs and supporting complex refining margins amid limited new capacity and US West Coast tightening.

29 APR 26 - 13:43

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Sparta Insights Webinar: 11 trades to watch on the Iran conflict

Sparta Insights Webinar: 11 trades to watch on the Iran conflict Neil Crosby, Jorge Molinero and...

29 JAN 26 - 11:55

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How the world has avoided an oil catastrophe so far

Singapore’s oil product stocks hit over nine-month lows as US-Iran war cuts supply

The crisis in oil markets will get bigger before it goes away

Singapore’s middle distillates stocks hit highest in 2-1/2 yrs as exports dip

Sparta's @JuneGoh_Sparta joined @ChannelNewsAsia to break down the oil supply shock and what it means for prices.

Key points:

> 10-11m bpd of crude shut in (10% of global demand), key Middle East refineries damaged
> Refined product prices stay high even if the war ends
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Traders: the supply shock is still underpriced.

Our May APAC Chart Pack shows the Iran war forcing Asian refineries off their medium sour diet. June Goh's three areas to watch:

> Crude diet pivot. Heavier Middle Eastern grades inaccessible. Lighter slate cuts diesel and fuel

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