** Brokerage Cowen cuts PT on U.S. oil refiners on recession
risk
** Brokerage says refiners will need to run below historical
average utilization after 1.3 mln barrels per day new
(bpd)capacity comes online in first half 2023
** Spot cracks have fallen $5/bbl qrtr-to-date and declines
have eliminated some extended bullishness in the group - Cowen
** Cowen picks Marathon Petroleum MPC.N and Par Pacific
Holdings PARR.N as its top picks
** Brokerage expects MPC to build on last quarter's dividend
increase and chooses PARR as its top pick due to PARR's Billings
acquisition
Company New PT Old PT
Calumet Specialty Products Partners CLMT.O $21 $23
HF Sinclair Corp DINO.N $58 $68
Marathon Petroleum Corp MPC.N $129 $135
PBF Energy Inc PBF.N $27 $35
Phillips 66 PSX.N $118 $115
Delek US Holdings Inc DK.N $24 $32
(Reporting by Ankit Kumar in Bengaluru)
((Ankit.Kumar2@thomsonreuters.com))