Trading houses book supertankers for oil storage
The abundance of oil now makes some of the world's biggest trading houses such as Trafigura and Vitol charter crude oil tankers for up to 12 months to serve as floating oil storages.
BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN
The sliding oil price - and the subsequent abundance of oil in the market - now leads some of the major trading houses, including Greek Trafigura, Vitol and Shell to charter supertankers, numerous industry brokers and sources tell Reuters.
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