Midweek News 20Jun

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  • Brent-WTI Spread Drops To Lowest Level Since January. (Bespoke)
  • Crude Oil Stocks. (EIA)
  • Crude Oil Stocks v Historical Averages. (Bespoke)
Central Banks
Geo-Politics
  • No Breakthrough In Iran Nuclear Talks. (RT)
  • Iran & West Plan July Talks. (Reuters)
Supply & Demand/Markets
  • OPEC Exports Earned $1.04 trillion in 2011, up from $745 billion. (Platts)
  • Brent Complex Flips To Contango, Oversupply In Europe. (Platts) 
  • Arctic Exploration, Rosneft. (RT)
  • API: -550k. (Bloomberg)
  • EIA: +2.9mil v -1.3mil exp. (EIA)