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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Chevron-chartered oil tanker Ionic Anax is seen near the Bajo Grande port in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo after loading for export
News

Phillips 66, Citgo Move Toward Direct Venezuelan Crude Purchases

U.S. refiners Phillips 66 and Citgo Petroleum are seeking to buy heavy crude directly from Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA starting in April to maximize

February 18, 2026
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Tuesday, February 10, 2026
FILE PHOTO: An oil tanker is seen on Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela's western state of Zulia
Energy

EIA: Expanded U.S. Licenses Set Stage for Venezuela Oil Production Rebound

U.S. expanded licenses for Venezuelan oil exports are expected to restore PDVSA production to pre-blockade levels of 1.2M bpd by mid-2026. Vitol and Trafigura

February 10, 2026
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Installations of El Palito refinery of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, in Puerto Cabello
Energy

US Refiners Struggle to Absorb Venezuelan Oil Surge After Trump-Maduro Deal

US Gulf Coast refiners are struggling to absorb surging Venezuelan oil imports after Trump's $2B supply deal. Venezuelan exports tripled to 800K bpd but prices

February 4, 2026
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Monday, January 26, 2026
A U.S. military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard
News

Vitol and Trafigura: Traders at the Heart of Trump’s Venezuela Oil Grab

President Donald Trump has portrayed his takeover of Venezuela’s oil sales as a victory for America, but when his administration wanted to sell several

January 26, 2026
Total Views: 1849

Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Chevron-chartered oil tanker Ionic Anax is seen near the Bajo Grande port in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo after loading for export
News

Vitol Loading Signals Restart for Venezuela Oil Exports After Maduro Capture

By Lucia Kassai (Bloomberg) — Commodities trader Vitol Group loaded its first oil cargo from Venezuela’s shore-based storage tanks, a move set to help

January 20, 2026
Total Views: 1169

Sunday, January 11, 2026
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Shipping

Vitol To Load First Diluent Cargo Under Venezuela Supply Deal

By Shariq Khan and Marianna Parraga NEW YORK/HOUSTON, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Commodities trader Vitol is expected to load the first cargo of naphtha

January 11, 2026
Total Views: 1915

Thursday, November 24, 2022
An aerial view shows the Vladimir Arsenyev tanker at the crude oil terminal Kozmino on the shore of Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel/File Photo
News

Vitol Says It Will Keep Buying Russian Oil

By Sharon Cho (Bloomberg) –Top trader Vitol Group is still buying “very modest” volumes of Russian oil products and is studying whether the company

November 24, 2022
Total Views: 1324

Saturday, November 5, 2022
The Latest Russia Oil Mystery: Vostok Sale Announced Then Denied
Shipping

The Latest Russia Oil Mystery: Vostok Sale Announced Then Denied

By Jack Farchy, Ben Bartenstein and Archie Hunter (Bloomberg) –A trading house that owns part of a stake in Russia’s flagship oil project said its

November 5, 2022
Total Views: 2775

Tuesday, February 22, 2022
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Shipping

Vitol CEO Sees Oil Above $100 for a ‘Prolonged Period’ This Year

By Archie Hunter and Anna Edwards (Bloomberg) — Oil prices could be set for a “prolonged period” above $100 a barrel over the next six to nine

February 22, 2022
Total Views: 1380

Friday, September 17, 2021
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Shipbuilding

Vitol Building Two Hybrid Battery-Powered Bunker Tankers Bound for Singapore Harbor

V-Bunkers, the Singaporean bunker arm of Dutch-based Vitol, has placed an order to build two electric-hybrid bunker tankers. V-Bunkers intends to deploy these

September 17, 2021
Total Views: 738

Sunday, July 30, 2017
Shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries
Shipping News

Oil Trader Vitol Places LPG Ship Order at Hyundai Heavy

SEOUL, July 30 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co has won a contract worth up to $600 million from Vitol, the world’s

July 30, 2017
Total Views: 61

Tuesday, February 10, 2015
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News

World’s Biggest Oil Trader Says Slump Could Resume as U.S. Supply Grows Dramatically

Vitol said today crude could resume a slump that saw prices fall 61 percent between June and January, as unrelenting growth in U.S. output leads to a

February 10, 2015
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
lng carrier pier tugs port ship shipping natural gas
News

LNG Traders Compete for Cargoes as Volumes Drop for Second Year

Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — Exports of liquefied natural gas are contracting for a second year, diminishing the number of available cargoes at a time when

November 19, 2013
Total Views: 51

Thursday, February 28, 2013
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News

Vitol Records Over $300 Billion in 2012 Revenues, “Solid” Says CEO Ian Taylor [UPDATE]

By Emma Farge and Dmitry Zhdannikov GENEVA, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Vitol, the world’s biggest oil trader, reported revenues that topped $300 billion

February 28, 2013
Total Views: 43

Wednesday, December 26, 2012
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News

Escaping Singapore’s Congestion, Vitol to Sell Marine Bunkers in Malaysia

Vitol Group plans to start sales of marine fuel, or bunkers, to a port in southern Malaysia as it seeks to supply ship owners that moved from Singapore, the

December 26, 2012
Total Views: 103

Thursday, October 4, 2012
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News

Did Vitol Use the Maersk Producer to Ship Iranian Oil?

LONDON–Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller Maersk A/S (AMKBY) is in talks with Vitol SA over reports the trading house chartered one of the

October 4, 2012
Total Views: 83