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Thursday, January 28, 2021
Trafigura Boosted Tanker Fleet By 70% During 2020’s Historic Oil Contango
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Trafigura Boosted Tanker Fleet By 70% During 2020’s Historic Oil Contango

By Andy Hoffman (Bloomberg) — Trafigura Group boosted its shipping fleet by 70% in April last year to profit from the wild price swings in the oil

January 28, 2021
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Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Oil Tanker Bridge
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Demand to Store a Glut of Diesel at Sea is Rising Fast

By Jack Wittels and Prejula Prem (Bloomberg) –Big oil traders are rushing to book tankers with a view to storing a glut of refined petroleum like diesel

September 16, 2020
Total Views: 96

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: 136

Thursday, September 10, 2020
oil tanker photo
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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: 160

Friday, July 24, 2020
Oil Trading Profits Soar for Energy Majors Who Made Storage Bets
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Oil Trading Profits Soar for Energy Majors Who Made Storage Bets

By Javier Blas and Lars Erik Taraldsen (Bloomberg) –In March and April, as oil prices plunged to their lowest in a generation, Norwegian energy giant

July 24, 2020
Total Views: 141

Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Oil Tanker Bridge
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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: 99

Friday, April 17, 2020
tanker at sea
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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: 129

Monday, April 13, 2020
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Business of Shipping: What’s Happening with VLCC Storage?

By Ira Breskin – Moderate production cuts announced Sunday by the world’s major crude oil producers should reduce what has been the critical need for

April 13, 2020
Total Views: 382

Monday, April 6, 2020
Stock photo shows an oil tanker at a terminal
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The Most Profitable Trade: ‘Oil All Over the Oceans Right Now’

By Javier Blas and Alex Longley (Bloomberg) –To outsiders, the oil trade of the day is so astonishing that even President Donald Trump sounded

April 6, 2020
Total Views: 280

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
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Oil Storage at Sea Approaching 2009’s Record Levels

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) – Oil traders are storing as much as 80 million barrels of oil on tankers at sea, with further ships being

April 1, 2020
Total Views: 86

Monday, March 30, 2020
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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: 446