perma Brew doomster said:
interesting stuff! I've read that Russian oil, despite "nowhere to go" is bought by middle men. It's picked up by tankers and sold wherever the demand is and sold as whatever oil they want to say it is. Oil coyotes!
Russian oil will go to Asia non-G7 signers, India, China and Turkey. The rest will find shadow fleets, international water transfers and a host of more fringe trails. The India and China purchase can be refined/repackaged and resold to Europe. Those extra freight moves will be costly.
A more current note is that Russian exports are on pace to see a 50% reduction. Dont let that number mislead you. The reduction is based on "tracked" shipments. Untracked will obviously move "untracked".
China has to working a deal via OPEC+ for Russian crude with Chinese economy opening up.
IMO, what JB is doing in energy is price suppression at the expense of the U.S. Oil Industry so he can help EU...only to keep the Globalist Green Energy play working. If Joe and EU can squeeze through the next 12 to 24 months without people freezing and politicians not having to admit to Energy policy mistakes, they feel they can win hearts & minds.
There is a reason Freeport is not being allowed to open up and it's not a "safety" reason.
Bad winter weather changes in EU coming over next 14 days. EU at 90% LNG storage capacity, alledgedly. We'll see what happens.
Crude is needed. Crude is short. The bears in the crude market are fierce but if you engage with them long enough you'll find they are liberals because S&D facts dont register with them. At least that's what I have uncovered so far.