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US Gulf coast jet fuel prices at 44-month high

  • Märkte: Oil products
  • 05.03.26

US Gulf coast jet fuel prices reached a 44-month high on Thursday as the US-Iran conflict reached its sixth day and China said it plans to halt exports of clean products.

Colonial pipeline 54-grade jet fuel prices climbed by 63.05¢/USG to close at $4.13/USG, the highest price since 22 June 2022. Bids and offers surfaced in the session between April ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD) Nymex +50¢/USG and +96¢/USG, increasing cash differentials by 31¢/USG.

The April ULSD Nymex contract settled at $3.61/USG, the highest since 15 November 2022 and a $1.02/USG gain from 27 February, the day before the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran.

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top regulator, has told oil firms to halt exports of clean products, including jet fuel, to ensure domestic supply unless they give special reasons. The NDRC verbally asked companies to stop signing new contracts and try to cancel shipments already sold but not loaded as of 4 March.

In Europe, the Mideast Gulf accounts for more than 50pc of jet fuel imports, according to Kpler and Vortexa data, while Europe has become structurally tighter on jet fuel supply.

Iran's de facto closure of the strait of Hormuz has bolstered jet fuel demand from the US Gulf coast, according to a market participant. The US has offered naval convoys for ships transporting energy and other commodities through the Mideast Gulf, but there is doubt that this would happen soon according to many in the shipping industry. Many insurers have also cancelled war-risk cover in parts of the Mideast Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, essentially halting commercial transits through Hormuz.

Prior to the beginning of the conflict, US Gulf coast jet fuel inventories settled at 13.6mn bl on the week ended 27 February, up by by 0.7mn bl from the prior week but down by 1.9mn bl compared with the same week in 2025.


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