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Tuesday, June 8, 2021
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Traders Keep North Sea Crude on Tankers Despite Rally

By Sherry Su (Bloomberg) — Here’s something for oil bulls to chew on as Brent crude trades near $72: tankers are holding several million barrels of

June 8, 2021
Total Views: 1904

Friday, September 11, 2020
Oil Traders Snap Up Tankers in Sign of Second-Wave Contango
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Oil Traders Snap Up Tankers in Sign of Second-Wave Contango

By Sheela Tobben and Javier Blas (Bloomberg) –Some of the world’s biggest oil traders are getting ready for the possible resurgence of a

September 11, 2020
Total Views: 97

Thursday, September 10, 2020
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Maritime News

BP Books Tanker for Storage at Lowest Rate This Year

By Florence Tan and Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Oil major BP has provisionally chartered a supertanker to store crude oil off

September 10, 2020
Total Views: 116

Friday, May 15, 2020
Floating Storage Shows Signs of Slipping
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Floating Storage Shows Signs of Slipping

By Alex Longley, Sherry Su and Javier Blas (Bloomberg) — One of the oil market’s most obvious signs of oversupply — millions of barrels being

May 15, 2020
Total Views: 39

Thursday, May 7, 2020
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Euronav’s Prospects Lifted by Floating Storage Demand

By Jonathan Saul and Charles Regnier LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) – Leading tanker operator Euronav posted record high first-quarter results on Thursday and

May 7, 2020
Total Views: 18

Tuesday, April 21, 2020
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Floating Oil Storage Grows Off California Coast

By Robert Tuttle (Bloomberg) — Oil tankers carrying enough crude to satisfy 20% of the world’s consumption are gathered off California’s coast with

April 21, 2020
Total Views: 52

Friday, April 17, 2020
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Maritime News

Crude Storage at Sea Hits New Record at 160 Million Barrels – Sources

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – Traders are storing an estimated record 160 million barrels of oil on ships – double the level from

April 17, 2020
Total Views: 56

Monday, March 30, 2020
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Maritime News

Tanker Rates Double as Oil Contango Spreads

By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE, March 30 (Reuters) – Supertanker freight rates are on the rise for a second time this month as producers, refiners and

March 30, 2020
Total Views: 358

Tuesday, March 17, 2020
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Glencore Charters One of the World’s Biggest Tankers to Store Oil at Sea

LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) – Trading house Glencore has chartered the 3 million barrel crude carrier ‘Europe’ to store oil at sea

March 17, 2020
Total Views: 386

Saturday, April 7, 2018
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Europe’s Growing Fleet Of Floating Gasoline

by Libby George, Ahmad Ghaddar (Reuters) – Gasoline stored in ships off Europe’s coast has ballooned to more than 400,000 tonnes, putting pressure on

April 7, 2018
Total Views: 20

Monday, October 9, 2017
Oil Traders Hoard Less on Ships Near Singapore as Market Flips
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Oil Traders Hoard Less on Ships Near Singapore as Market Flips

By Serene Cheong (Bloomberg) — One of the biggest stores of oil at sea is showing signs of emptying out. The volume of supplies held on tankers in the

October 9, 2017
Total Views: 6

Friday, June 16, 2017
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In Latest Sign of Crude Glut, Ageing Supertankers Used to Store Unsold Oil

By Keith Wallis and Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE, June 16 (Reuters) – Traders are increasingly storing oil in ageing supertankers in Southeast Asia

June 16, 2017
Total Views: 21

Friday, May 19, 2017
Full Tanks and Tankers: A Stubborn Oil Glut Despite OPEC Cuts
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Full Tanks and Tankers: A Stubborn Oil Glut Despite OPEC Cuts

By Catherine Ngai NEW YORK/LONDON/SINGAPORE May 19 (Reuters) – After the first OPEC oil production cut in eight years took effect in January, oil traders

May 19, 2017
Total Views: 65

Friday, February 24, 2017
Asia’s Floating Oil Storage Sets Sail as Market Slowly Tightens
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Asia’s Floating Oil Storage Sets Sail as Market Slowly Tightens

By Mark Tay SINGAPORE, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Traders are selling oil held in tankers anchored off Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia in a sign that the

February 24, 2017
Total Views: 4

Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Iranian Floating Storage Tankers Exit Persian Gulf
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Iranian Floating Storage Tankers Exit Persian Gulf

By Matthew Wheatley, Oil Analyst, Genscape (Genscape) – During the week ending November 11, three vessels, used for floating storage in Iran,

November 15, 2016
Total Views: 13

Friday, November 11, 2016
Oil Tankers Used to Store Millions of Barrels at Sea as Land Sites Fill
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Oil Tankers Used to Store Millions of Barrels at Sea as Land Sites Fill

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Oil companies booked tankers to store as many as 9 million barrels of crude in northwest Europe amid signs that space

November 11, 2016
Total Views: 76

Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Hong Kong-Based Winson Oil Buys Ship to Store Oil in Europe
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Hong Kong-Based Winson Oil Buys Ship to Store Oil in Europe

By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Hong Kong-based trader Winson Oil has bought a very large crude carrier (VLCC) to store oil in the

October 11, 2016
Total Views: 77

Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Oil Traders Looking Again Towards Floating Storage
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Oil Traders Looking Again Towards Floating Storage

By Javier Blas (Bloomberg) — The world is so awash with crude, the boss of BP Plc said people will be filling their “swimming pools” with it by the

February 10, 2016
Total Views: 12

Friday, January 29, 2016
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Maritime News

Iran’s Floating Storage Tankers Slowly Set Sail

By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Iran is slowly winding down stocks of oil stored on tankers close to its shores and the process is likely to take

January 29, 2016
Total Views: 50

Friday, December 11, 2015
Oil Traders Aren’t Dancing the Crude ‘Contango’ This Time Around
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Oil Traders Aren’t Dancing the Crude ‘Contango’ This Time Around

By Naomi Christie and Rakteem Katakey (Bloomberg) — Back when the global recession trashed oil demand and prices, the likes of BP Plc and Vitol Group

December 11, 2015
Total Views: 10
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