It takes a special kind of skill to, against all odds and after years of legal hardship, restart an oil asset in California.
Then, at $100 WTI, still zero the company.
While putting $50 million+ into your pocket.
Truly a skill that could only be found in the upstream sector.
“China’s seaborne crude imports rebounded to 9.14m bpd in October, their highest level since the US-Iran war broke out, although still below the pre-war average of ~11.5m bbd in Jan-Feb.”
• Kpler
♦ Infamous OFAC-sanctioned dark fleet VLCC “BELLA 1” (built in 2002, IMO # 9230880) has arrived at a Bangladeshi scrapyard. She was seized by the US and sold at a huge discount, $9.1m for 44,411 LDT i.e. $205/LDT.
IRAN REFUSES TO REOPEN STRAIT OF HORMUZ
Ending the Iran war is reportedly the main focus of Rezaei-Putin talks, according to Al Mayadeen.
Iran insists the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until its seven conditions are met, ruling out negotiations over that decision.
“VLCC rates have reached unprecedented levels and are now at $1.3 million per day (43 times the January number). This is equivalent to almost $33/barrel, or 27% of the delivered cost of crude oil.”