Gulf Coast

WTI crude oil futures now preparing to break below $100 per barrel

Whilst commodities such as nickel and coffee have been offering longer term investors excellent returns this year, and with soybeans set to join the party with some good rollover returns, crude oil has promised much but delivered little.

GULF COAST PADD 3 The New U.S. Oil Bottleneck

As Cushing supplies decline due to increased logistic options out of the storage hub in the Midwest PADD 2 in Cushing, Oklahoma inventories are rising to elevated levels in the Gulf Coast which eventually will provide the bottleneck and back up oil flows all along the supply and logistics chain.