Thu 26 Jan 2012, 12:53 GMT

Highest rise in fuel oil stocks for 11 months


Inventories of fuel oil surge in Singapore.



Singapore's onshore stocks of residues surged the most in 11 months during the seven days up to Wednesday 25th January, according to data released by International Enterprise (IE) Singapore - an agency operating under the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

Stockpiles of residues, a category which includes fuel oil and low-sulphur waxy residue and excludes bitumen, increased by 2.8 million barrels, or 18.26 percent, to 18.13 million barrels, up from 15.33 million barrels the previous week. It is the largest weekly rise in percentage terms since the week ended Wednesday 23rd February 2011.

Please find below a table of Singapore's onshore stocks of residues up to Wednesday 25th January.

The volume data provided below is in millions of barrels. Inventory levels are collated on a weekly basis for each 7-day period ending on a Wednesday.

Date Volume+/-
25/01/2012 18.130+2.800
18/01/2012 15.330+0.980
11/01/2012 16.310+0.094
04/01/2012 16.216-0.806
28/12/2011 17.022-2.223
21/12/2011 19.245+2.217
14/12/2011 17.028-0.146
07/12/2011 17.174-0.460
30/11/2011 17.634+0.539
23/11/2011 17.095-0.630
16/11/2011 17.725+0.552
09/11/2011 17.173-1.343
02/11/2011 18.516+0.515
26/10/2011 18.001+0.866
19/10/2011 17.135+0.291
12/10/2011 16.844-0.176
05/10/2011 17.020-2.746
28/09/2011 19.766+0.909
21/09/2011 18.857-2.418
14/09/2011 21.275+0.270
07/09/2011 21.005-0.535
31/08/2011 21.540+1.352
24/08/2011 20.188+0.324
17/08/2011 19.864+0.266
10/08/2011 19.598-0.049
03/08/2011 19.647-0.237
27/07/2011 19.884+0.195
20/07/2011 19.689+2.176
13/07/2011 17.513-1.671
06/07/2011 19.184-1.450
29/06/2011 20.634-0.152
22/06/2011 20.786+2.823
15/06/2011 17.963-2.580
08/06/2011 20.543+0.363
01/06/2011 20.180-1.537
25/05/2011 21.717-0.783
18/05/2011 22.500+1.500
11/05/2011 21.000-0.800
04/05/2011 21.800-1.400
27/04/2011 23.200+0.200
20/04/2011 23.000--




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