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Vitol CEO: Global Fuel Markets Are "Tight and Inflexible"

Global fuel markets are very tight and inflexible, despite the higher flows out of the Persian Gulf in recent weeks, Russell Hardy, chief executive of the world's biggest independent oil trader, Vitol Group, said on Tuesday.

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Vitol Group chief executive Russell Hardy said global fuel markets remain very tight and inflexible, even after recent increases in flows out of the Persian Gulf. He made the remark at the Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference hosted by S&P Global Energy in Singapore. Hardy noted that refined product inventories worldwide are still drawing. No further actions or forecasts were mentioned.

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