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Thursday, July 2, 2015

June 2015 Monthly Average Crude Oil Price

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The monthly average U.S.-dollar price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil rose at a more moderate pace in June (+$0.57), to $59.84 per barrel. The price increase coincided with a slightly stronger U.S. dollar, the lagged impacts of a 201,000 barrel-per-day (BPD) decrease in the amount of oil supplied/demanded in April (to 19.0 million BPD), and generally stable oil stocks. The monthly average price spread between Brent crude (the predominant grade used in Europe) and WTI narrowed by $3.12 in June, to $1.69 per barrel. 
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With futures prices in “contango” (i.e., near-term contracts are priced lower than later-term contracts), we do not expect significant additional fallout in spot oil prices. 
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