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Record 48 Oil Supertankers Are Headed for US Amid OPEC+ Supply Curbs - Bloomberg

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Record 48 Oil Supertankers Are Headed for US Amid OPEC+ Supply Curbs - Bloomberg

A Record Number of Supertankers Is Headed to Collect US Oil

- Almost 50 tankers are bound for the US amid OPEC+ supply curbs
- Some vessels are sailing for US Gulf without cargo bookings

A petroleum tanker ship enters the Aransas Channel from the Gulf of Mexico in Port Aransas, Texas. Photographer: Tom Pennington/Getty Images

A record number of supertankers is steaming toward the US to load oil as shipowners look to capitalize on an increase in the nation’s crude exports.

Forty-eight vessels are bound for the country in the coming three months, according to data gathered Friday by Bloomberg. That’s the most in at least six years.

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