IMO2020: The Backwardation and Contango Conundrum

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  • Front-month forward curves for Argus-assessed northwest European and US Gulf coast 0.5pc sulphur fuel oil intersect from December 2019 to January 2020.
  • The northwest European curve moving into backwardation and the US Gulf curve moving into contango.

Based on front-month forward curves of 0.5pc sulphur fuel oil, NW European curve and US Gulf curve move higher and lower than the forward price respectively, reports Argus Media.

Europe-US Gulf forward curves

The snapshot of the Europe-US Gulf...

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