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        <title><![CDATA[Archie Hunter - Journalist]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trader Trafigura Plans to Move Key Holding Company to Bermuda]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Farchy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 07:32:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Tanker Pricing Feud Embroils Centuries-Old London Market]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Farchy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 11:32:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mercuria, Heeney Ink Venezuelan Mining Deals for Gold, Metals]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Archie Hunter]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 17:46:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mercuria Sues Exchange Over ‘Hundreds of Millions’ of Losses]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-30/mercuria-sues-baltic-exchange-over-hormuz-hit-shipping-benchmark</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Farchy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:13:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Traders Lawyer Up as Hormuz Disruptions Trigger Billions of Dollars in Disputes]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alfred Cang]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:44:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Billion-Barrel Hormuz Oil Shock Is About to Crash Demand]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Saudi Mining Vehicle Shifts Strategy Away From Global M&A]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dinesh Nair]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:38:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Trader CFOs Say Hormuz Closure Driving Wave of Disputes]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Archie Hunter]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:01:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Commodity Traders Reap a Profit Bonanza from War Oil Shock]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Archie Hunter]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:00:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Traders Say Billion-Barrel Hole Will Linger Long After War]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Longley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:48:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mercuria Was Able to Get Ships Out Through Hormuz, CEO Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Archie Hunter]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:08:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Aggressively Sold Oil in Recent Weeks, Mercuria CEO Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Longley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:00:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Traders Warn of Recession Impact as Hormuz Hits Demand]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-21/top-oil-traders-warn-worst-of-demand-hit-from-war-is-yet-to-come</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Grant Smith]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:46:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vitol Performed Well Despite ‘Triage’ Early in War, CEO Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Farchy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:01:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gunvor Says Huge Buyout Loan From Ex-CEO No Growth Barrier]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-21/gunvor-ceo-pedersen-says-tornqvist-loan-isn-t-barrier-to-growth</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Archie Hunter]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:59:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mercuria Seeks New Liquidity in Asia With $200 Million Financing]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Lee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:04:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[After Long Avoiding Politics, Commodity Traders Cozy Up to Trump]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Archie Hunter]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:08:23 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>President Trump, center left, met with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, following the ousting of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, on Jan. 9.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Vitol Made About $2 Billion in First Quarter Despite War Losses]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Archie Hunter]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:57:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Tankers Start to Dash for Hormuz as Shipowners Seek Answers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:08:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aluminum Drops After Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Is Fully Open]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Archie Hunter]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:44:42 GMT</pubDate>
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