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Oil tankers are seen anchored in New York Harbour in May 2022. Oil trade routes have been reshuffled by startup of the Dangote refinery in Nigeria, expansion of Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline, falling oil output in Mexico, a brief halt in Libyan oil exports and rising Guyana volumes.– REUTERSPIC

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