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  • 26 February 2026
  • Market: Oil Products

David Fyfe, Argus Chief Economist, reviews the factors driving both crude futures and dirty freight rates higher. He highlights an increasingly segregated market that has so far failed to see major builds in OECD commercial storage. OPEC+ Ministers will be watching closely to see just if and when an armada of oil at sea begins to seep into storage tanks in key pricing centres.

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David Fyfe, Argus Chief Economist, reviews the factors driving both crude futures and dirty freight rates higher.

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