Tanker shortage creates new bottleneck in global oil market, says Vitol CEO
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Read at the source ↗MARKET IMPACTNEUTRAL✦ News Impact agent estimateTone: expected bullishTanker shortage is constraining crude transport from Middle East, supporting oil prices despite rising supply.AI-generated summary
✦ IN BRIEF · AIAI-generated summary
- 01Vitol CEO Russell Hardy stated the global energy crisis has shifted from crude shortage to product shortage to now a shipping crisis.
- 02Approximately 12 million barrels per day of crude and 2 million barrels per day of products are constrained by tanker availability.
- 03Tanker charter rates have become 'pretty parabolic' and refineries are suffering from delivery delays.
NEWS IMPACT AND MARKET REACTIONChange from the reference price
United States Oil Fund, LP143.95 USD-0.78%today -0.66%Positive State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF63.10 USD-0.22%today -1.00%Positive Crude Oil WTI88.91 USD-0.83%today -0.59%Positive Brent Crude Oil (continuous future)100.79 USD-0.99%today +0.21%Positive
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