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Podcast: Hormuz stays shut: products, freight and the real market squeeze

Published09 MAR 26 - 19:11 Reading time  minutes

 

In the latest Trade with Conviction episode, the team breaks down why this is no longer just a crude story, from refinery shutdown risk in Asia to tightening product balances and freight going off the charts.

Inside this episode:

  • Why SPR releases may steady headlines but won’t solve the supply shock
  • How Asia is taking the first hit as crude and product balances tighten
  • Why jet, distillates and gasoline are becoming the real market focus
  • Freight chaos: what soaring tanker rates are telling the market
  • Naphtha vs gasoline: where demand destruction could show up first

Listen now on Spotify & all major platforms! 

Topics Cross Barrel
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