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Imbalance in supply and demand fundamentals in Atlantic MR market favours the Gulf of Mexico

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Jul 10, 2025

China’s Iranian crude imports near record high again

China imported over 1.7 mbd of Iranian crude in June—just shy of the March record. But what’s different this time?

Jul 09, 2025

LNG Special Report: As Middle East tensions ease, summer dynamics across China and Europe define the market

Easing Middle East tensions are influencing summer price trends, while diverging demand patterns across China and Europe are reshaping the…

Jul 04, 2025

Global crude/condensate supplies show surprising upside despite muted OPEC-8 exports

Despite relaxed voluntary production targets, OPEC-8 crude exports remained stable, while the rest of OPEC+ crude exports show growth over…

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Russia under strong pressure

Russian oil exports are increasingly struggling, given the strong dependence on "unfriendly countries". IEA's call of 2.5-3mbd crude supply losses looks plausible but is…

Russian oil sanctions set to deal…

As the US and UK join a growing list of trading and refining companies in abandoning Russian oil barrels this week, the repercussions of…

Current reality to weigh on crude…

Following the recent news of sanction placements as well as the oil and freight price behaviour over the past few days, we give a…

Too many unknowns in “Zeitenwende”, but…

Oil prices are set to rise strongly, as Russian supplies to the market are getting delayed or cancelled down the line. We try to…

February 10, 2022

Global sweet crude exports edge higher…

In this insight, we will drill into the details of export trends among the most important sweet crude producers for the global market.

January 13, 2022

Omicron: pre-emptive supply cuts & resilient…

Omicron: pre-emptive supply cuts & resilient demand draw stocks and lift prices. Much lower backwardation than back in October hints at further price increases.

December 01, 2021

Rising flows, wrong time?

Total oil and gas seaborne departures rose to record highs in November. We investigate the main contributors and drivers behind the rise.

December 01, 2021

What a time(ing)!?

Within a month the oil market has been turned upside down. A wave of seaborne oil & gas supplies emerged in November, helping to…

November 23, 2021

How helpful is the US-led SPR…

The US led SPR-release initially failed to cool prices. For good reasons, including the reaction from OPEC+, the net-effect of the release over time,…

November 18, 2021

Asia’s crude appetite sweetens in November

Asia's imports of sweet crude oil are on track to rise sharply in November as the region's refiners pivot buying activity, at least in…

November 16, 2021

Musings on OPEC+ spare capacity

Seaborne crude oil supplies made a step higher in October and early November, as core OPEC+ suppliers hike exports. But this is not necessarily…

Two truths – why OPEC+ is…

Vortexa looks deeply into oil shipments with strong visibility especially into the more opaque corners of the market to evaluate at the status quo…