crude oil

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Ship-to-ship transfers, in which one ship empties—or partially empties—its crude oil into the tanks of another, often in the middle of the ocean, enable crews to conceal the origin of the cargo.

From The Wall Street Journal

Key Brazilian exports to India include sugar, crude oil, vegetable oils, cotton and iron ore.

From Barron's

“This surprisingly bullish data adds to an already red-hot crude oil market amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran,” Mike Castle of StoneX says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal

U.S. crude oil inventories were down sharply last week as imports fell and exports rose, while product stocks saw bigger-than-expected withdrawals, according to data released Thursday by the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet that hasn’t translated into a sustained price decline so far this year, with crude oil futures buoyed by geopolitical risk premiums.

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