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            <title><![CDATA[Vitol Is Turning to Mexico for Oil as War Disrupts Crude Market]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-06/vitol-is-turning-to-mexico-for-oil-as-war-disrupts-crude-market</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucia Kassai]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 20:17:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russian Fuel Tanker Stalls Off Cuban Coast Amid US Blockade]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucia Kassai]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:40:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Prices for June From Record-High Premium]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 19:20:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Maersk Vessel Exits Persian Gulf Under US Military Escort]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Gorrivan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 19:22:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Oil Exports Hit 1 Million Barrels a Day  in Post-Maduro Era]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-01/venezuela-oil-exports-hit-1-million-b-d-in-post-maduro-era</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucia Kassai]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 18:05:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vitol US Gasoline Traders Greer, Reiser Depart From Energy Giant]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucia Kassai]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:55:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Military-Grade Jet Fuel Cargoes From US Show Scale of War Impact]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Will Kubzansky]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:52:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Emergency Oil Sails to Europe as War Upends Energy Flows]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucia Kassai]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:51:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>FREEPORT, TEXAS - OCTOBER 19: In an aerial view, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve storage at the Bryan Mound site is seen on October 19, 2022 in Freeport, Texas. US President Joe Biden is planning to release fifteen million barrels of oil from the nation&apos;s emergency reserves in an effort to continue curving gas prices around the country. The deal completes Biden&apos;s March initiative to release 180 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vitol Made About $2 Billion in First Quarter Despite War Losses]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Archie Hunter]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:57:25 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Fuel storage tanks stand on the shore at the VTTV oil storage terminal, a joint venture of Vitol Group and MISC Bhd., in Vasilikos, Cyprus, on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. Cyprus&apos;s economic outlook remains subject to &quot;significant risk&quot; even after its economy contracted less than expected last year, debt monitors said at the end of a quarterly review of its adjustment program.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Tankers Hauling US Crude Via Panama Approach 4-Year High]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucia Kassai]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:59:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Oil Futures Are Trading Way Below Real-World Prices]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucia Kassai]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:45:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Energy Trader Vitol Reorganizes Derivatives Team After Losses]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Devika Krishna Kumar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:49:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Panicked Race for Barrels Is Gripping the Global Oil Market]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yongchang Chin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Valero Pulls Back on Mexican Oil After Texas Refinery Blast]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucia Kassai]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:35:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Emergency Oil Moves to Distant Peru as Crude Market Convulses]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucia Kassai]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:49:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trio of Ghost Ships Left in Venezuela Limbo After Maduro’s Exit]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucia Kassai]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuelan Oil Exports Hit 6-Year High as India Fills China Gap]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucia Kassai]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:51:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Owner of Oil Tanker Seized by Trump Administration Seeks to Block Sale]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucia Kassai]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:42:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[First US Oil Barrels From Emergency Release to Hit Market]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ari Natter]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:58:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cuba’s Worst Fuel Crisis in Decades May Get Relief From Russia]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ella Feldman]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:21:42 GMT</pubDate>
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