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Koustav Samanta

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  • Senior Editor, Asia and Middle East Oil Markets, S&P Global
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Journalist | Senior Editor, Asia & Middle East Oil Markets at @SPGlobal , ex-@Reuters. Views - Personal; RTs ≠ Endorsements
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Singapore's low-sulfur marine fuel arrivals from West to rise in July: traders

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By Koustav Samanta Verified, Tommy Petrou, Iris Leung
| S&P Global Verified
Singapore's low sulfur fuel oil arrivals from Western markets are expected to rise in July after five consecutive months of decline ended in June, according to traders, who were optimistic that the recovering arbitrage inflows would help build the region's stockpiles after a sizable drawdown during the war in the Middle East.
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Asian HSFO market structure, refining margins fall to prewar levels on US-Iran deal

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By Koustav Samanta Verified, Alvinn Philips
| S&P Global Verified
The Asian high sulfur fuel oil market structure and refining margins fell to their lowest levels since the war in the Middle East began late February, after the US and Iran reached an initial peace agreement that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz, reinstating the usual oil exports from the Persian Gulf, according to several trade sources and Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, data.
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SINGAPORE DATA: Fuel oil inventories drop to more than 7-year low as imports plunge

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By Koustav Samanta Verified, Iris Leung, Deborah Lee
| S&P Global Verified
Singapore's commercial stockpiles of heavy distillates slumped 23.3% week over week to a more than seven-year low of 14.8 million barrels in the week ended June 10, Enterprise Singapore data released late June 11 showed, amid no imports from the Middle East, Europe, or Russia in the latest week. Fuel oil inventories, which have drawn down for a third straight week, were at their lowest since Aug.
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