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The Dubai government-owned Emirates National Oil Company’s (Enoc) Jebel Ali refinery looks set to further diversify its slate of condensate in August after drawing in cargoes from more unusual sources in recent weeks on the back of reduced Iranian intake. Jebel Ali imported around 140,00 b/d of ultra-light oil feedstock in the first half of the year, almost wholly from Iran. This was pared back last month as the refinery took delivery of its first condensate cargoes in at least several year...

Three diesel-laden long-range (LR) tankers that departed from the Russian Baltic port of Primorsk set sail for New York Harbor in May and July, as higher supply in northwest Europe opened short-term opportunities to send product further afield. A tanker partly loaded in Primorsk with ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD) is in transit and could reach New York Harbor in mid-August, Vortexa data show. If it proceeds there, it would follow a Primorsk-loaded arrival earlier this month, and at the end...

Kuwaiti crude exports to Vietnam’s new Nghi Son refinery have been on the rise since the second quarter, reflecting start-up activity at the complex. The latest departures comprise two VLCCs of medium sour Kuwait Export Crude (KEC) loaded in July that are expected to arrive in Vietnam during August, Vortexa data show. Tankers Marina M and Pacific Voyager departed this month from Kuwait’s Mina Al-Ahmadi and are due to arrive on 13 August and 5 August, respectively. They are both declari...