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Atlantic Basin gasoline supplies on the rise amid shrinking destination outlets

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Jun 17, 2025

Oil in supply chain explains muted price reaction to shocks

In this insight, we take a look at the global state of oil, potential challenges and projections for the markets…

Jun 13, 2025

LNG Special Report: Market strained by outages and rising Egyptian demand, subduing Asia spot activity

May LNG supply fell as outages and weak NE Asia demand closed Europe-Asia arbitrage. Europe’s storage refill & Egypt’s imports…

Jun 12, 2025

US ethane: What comes next?

We take stock of the recent developments in ethane trade flows, given recent requirements for licenses for US exports to…

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September 05, 2023

Russian Urals STS activity declines 85%…

In this insight we explore the reasons behind the significant decline observed in Russian Urals STS activity.

New locations arise for Russian Urals…

We explore the latest trends and shifts in Urals STS locations, their relevance and the profile of tankers involved.

January 25, 2023

New key locations emerging for Russian…

As the world adjusts to new trade flows of Russian crude oil, we at Vortexa see an increase in ship-to-ship transfer activity (STS), at…

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 Baltic and Black Sea crude…

Russian crude exports from the Baltic and Black Sea are now showing a clear redirection away from Europe. In this insight we explore the…

What would a reshuffle in flows…

In the face of mounting challenges to trade oil from Russia, Vortexa conducts a scenario analysis to evaluate how a change in the flow…

European refiners can live without Russian…

In this insight we examine the pros and cons of some key grades that could see/are seeing a boost in demand as European buyers…