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title: "Oil & Gas"
url: https://independentstockanalysis.com/oil-gas-3/
description: "Oil Rises for a Seventh Day on U.S. Gasoline Stockpiles at Bloomberg . The WTI:Bakken differential has collapsed: Bloomberg . Risk to the Brent:WTI…"
published: 2012-07-19
updated: 2012-07-19
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# Oil & Gas

Published 2012-07-19

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J.J. Butler

Oil Rises for a Seventh Day on U.S. Gasoline Stockpiles at [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-19/oil-rises-for-a-seventh-day-on-u-s-gasoline-stockpiles-housing.html).

The WTI:Bakken differential has collapsed: [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/USCSUHC1:IND). Risk to the Brent:WTI spread? [Financial Post](http://business.financialpost.com/2012/07/18/risk-mounts-of-autumn-brent-wti-spread-blowout/)

North America Average Annual Crude Oil Production 1980 – 2012 at [Gregor](http://gregor.us/?attachment_id=6160). Good thing, too. More on Iran’s production falling: [AMP 2012](http://amp2012.com/2012/07/18/iranian-oil-production-falls/). Natural decline rates are a downer: “I expect that the (Saudi) Kingdom will reclaim its position as leading oil producer before long, I continue to believe it will be because of a drop in Russian production” [Oil Price](http://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/What-the-Future-Holds-for-Saudi-Arabias-Oil.html).

April 2012 set a U.S. monthly record for distillate net exports at the [EIA](http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=7150). The refiner trade has been back for the second time this year.

Europeans are hysterical regarding fracking: Sorting Frack From Fiction: Shale gas’s poor image in Europe is largely unjustified at the [Economist](http://www.economist.com/node/21558458).

About the natural gas storage glut: [Christopher Wallace](http://seekingalpha.com/article/725781-natural-gas-movements-into-storage-suggest-glut-will-soon-disappear?source=email_macro_view&ifp=0).

Morgan Stanley’s natural gas playbook: [Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/morgan-stanleys-natural-gas-playbook-2012-7?op=1).

The Natural Gas Massacre And The Price Spike at [Testosterone Pit](http://www.testosteronepit.com/process/CreateJournalEntryComment?moduleId=11167717&entryId=18966931&finalize=true).

Stocks T. Boone is buying: [Turn Key Oil](http://turnkeyoil.com/2012/07/12/t-boone-pickens-is-buying-these-stocks-right-now/) Dividend investing gone crazy; sell WHX now: [Shane Blackmon](http://seekingalpha.com/article/725671-you-ll-lose-50-of-your-money-if-you-hold-this-trust-for-the-next-3-years?source=email_alternative_energy_investing&ifp=0). Nexen kicks of E&P earnings season this morning: [Financial Post](http://business.financialpost.com/2012/07/18/oil-patch-expectations-low/).

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