EMEA Chart Pack April 2026
Sparta’s Chart Packs are ready-made collections of charts that highlight key commodity market moves, giving traders a fast, visual snapshot of what matters in the market.
The April 2026 EMEA Chart Pack shows a global crude market in reallocation. Hormuz disruption has forced WTI to step up as the barrel of last resort, with Asia now likely to steal crude share from Europe. But futures pricing remains at “peace” levels, creating trading opportunities across crude spreads, products, and the curve itself.
Key Takeaways
- WTI/Brent Compression – Why paper is pricing hope. What physical fundamentals reveal about spreads compressing into summer.
- Europe vs Asia Crude Access – $20-25/bbl physical premiums were shutting refiners out but have now cooled. Which region wins crude flows and why.
- Diesel E/W Compression Risk – Asian run cuts accelerating. Why current spread pricing is vulnerable to supply reality.
- Gasoline & Naphtha Deferred Trades – Why supply cuts haven’t fully repriced the curve.
- Fuel Oil Resid Squeeze – Medium-heavy crude intake collapsed. How Asian refineries face imminent molecule shortages and hedge unwinding.
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