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VLCC rates of $2m per day seen possible if oil price slumps again
Oversupply of oil production and falling tanker capacity as vessels used for storage could see Brent crude fall to zero but shipping costs soar, analyst claims
27 April 2020 15:34 GMT Updated 27 April 2020 15:34 GMT
By Paul Berrill
An unthinkable hike in tanker freight rates is potentially possible if oil prices decline again in the way they did last week, a global oil analyst has predicted.
A breaking point of Brent crude with zero value and VLCC rates at $2m per day “sounds unlikely but after having seen the WTI May contract trade down to minus $40 per barrel last Monday we can say for sure that nothing is impossible,” said SEB Merchant Banking chief commodities analyst Bjarne Schieldrop in a market report today ...