Monday 31 August 2026 — Houston cheap against Asia on every grade

Houston carries the lowest VLSFO on the board at $679.5/mt, with Rotterdam close behind at $663.0/mt; the cheapest HSFO is Houston at $468.5/mt against New York at $523.0/mt. Long Beach is the dearest VLSFO at $895.0/mt, $216.0/mt over Rotterdam. On MGO, Long Beach at $1,428.0/mt sits $282.0/mt above Singapore at $1,146.0/mt. Brent at $89.46/bbl and EUA at €82.73/t frame the board; attention is on US refinery outages and the Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian refinery, with nothing further implied.