Oil’s 60% Crash Is the Tip of an Iceberg. The Reality Is Worse

(Bloomberg) — As oil crashes, it’s easy to overlook an even more dismal reality for producers: the real prices they’re getting for their barrels are even worse.Having collapsed by about 60% this year, Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude have stabilized at around $25 a barrel, but the price rout is far deeper for actual cargoes, which are changing hands at large and widening discounts to the global benchmarks.“The physical market is in pain, and there is more pain to come,” said Torbjorn Tornqvist, the co-founder of Gunvor Group Ltd., a large trading house. “We will see the full weight …read more

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