Valero
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Reuters reported November 6 that Valero executive Randy Hawkins put U.S. Gulf Coast-to-Asia crude freight at $30–$35 per barrel, versus about $5 previously. The comparison is six to seven times the reference level, not a universal tanker benchmark. The estimate was already reported around Valero’s October 22 earnings call; November 6 is the newer report date, not the start of a new rate increase. Phillips 66’s earlier time-charter commitments illustrate a different freight exposure, not a promise of cheaper diesel.
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