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South Africa’s oil hub woos global traders with million-barrel tanks

Bloomberg What started as a strategic oil storage for South Africa during apartheid is now gearing up to attract the biggest traders as it turns into a global center for crude. A venture building a dozen new interconnected tanks on Africa’s southern tip will add to neighbouring government-owned capacity, making it one of the world’s biggest hubs. They are on ...

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Sanction-stained oil sits off Venezuela

Bloomberg Venezuela is running out of space to store its sanction-stained crude that few dare to buy, forcing it to reduce output at a time when the world is thirsty for heavy, sulfurous oil. Tankers holding 8.36 million barrels of Venezuelan crude worth upwards of a half-billion dollars are floating off the country’s coast as the nation struggles to find ...

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Enbridge pipeline delayed in hit to Canada oil sector

Bloomberg In a major blow to the Canadian oil industry, Enbridge Inc. now expects the replacement and expansion of its Line 3 crude oil pipeline to be in service about a year later than expected. The project, previously slated to start shipping crude in the fourth quarter of this year, is now expected to enter service in the second half ...

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