On September 29 local time, the United States planned to release 40 million barrels of strategic petroleum reserves through a "swap," which eased market concerns about supply to a certain extent. Combined with reasons such as the gradual recovery of crude oil flows out of the Middle East, international oil prices fell significantly that day.
As of the close, the November light crude oil futures price on the New York Mercantile Exchange settled at $89.38 per barrel, down 3.48%; the November London Brent crude oil futures price settled at $102.59 per barrel, down 2.56%.
According to another report, under China's domestic refined oil pricing rules, a new round of oil price adjustment will take place at 24:00 on October 15. This statistical cycle began on September 28, and domestic oil prices were initially estimated to fall by more than 0.1 yuan per liter.
As of September 30, the third working day of this round of oil price statistics, institutions predicted that the downward adjustment for gasoline and diesel would expand to 150 yuan per ton for gasoline and 145 yuan per ton for diesel. Converted into retail prices, No. 92 gasoline is expected to fall by 0.12 yuan per liter; No. 95 gasoline is expected to fall by 0.13 yuan per liter; No. 0 diesel is expected to fall by 0.12 yuan per liter.