# Diesel Draw Stokes IMO 2020 Concerns - Mansfield Energy

> US diesel inventories have fallen below their five-year range for this time of year, according to EIA data. Markets expect IMO 2020 to add marine demand for distillates as winter approaches, and a cold winter could tighten supplies further.

- Date: 2019-10-25 · published 2019-10-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56772-diesel-draw-stokes-imo-2020-concerns-mansfield-energy
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Low distillate stocks ahead of IMO 2020 and winter heating demand point to firmer diesel prices into January. Higher diesel costs would raise freight and feed delivery expenses.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2017-10-12 | [EIA: October Short-Term Energy Outlook - Mansfield Energy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68646-eia-october-short-term-energy-outlook-mansfield-energy.md) | +1.1% | +7.4% |
| DIESEL | 2017-12-13 | [EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook: Petroleum Products - Mansfield Energy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67669-eia-short-term-energy-outlook-petroleum-products-mansfield-energy.md) | +0.3% | +7.4% |
| DIESEL | 2017-11-09 | [EIO Short-Term Energy Outlook – Petroleum Products - Mansfield Energy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68173-eio-short-term-energy-outlook-petroleum-products-mansfield-energy.md) | -0.6% | -1.3% |
| DIESEL | 2018-03-13 | [Diesel Prices To Rise, US Energy Dept. says - Tank Transport Trader](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66205-diesel-prices-to-rise-us-energy-dept-says-tank-transport-trader.md) | +2.6% | +11.1% |
| DIESEL | 2016-12-20 | [Diesel prices hit 2016 high, according to Energy Information Administration - Logistics Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73649-diesel-prices-hit-2016-high-according-to-energy-information-administration.md) | +2.6% | -3.0% |

## Sources

- mansfield.energy: https://mansfield.energy/2019/10/25/diesel-draw-stokes-imo-2020-concerns/

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