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Oil tanker captain detained at sea set for novel sanctions trial

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Oil tanker captain detained at sea set for novel sanctions trial

Ajay Pant, a 38-year-old Indian national, has taken advice from Kingsley Napley and at least three silks as he prepares to defend charges of breaching UK sanctions by allegedly shipping Russian oil through British waters.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF

    Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF: it tracks tanker freight rates. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • EWU iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

    iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF holds stocks listed in the UK, which this story is about (“uk”).

  • INDA iShares MSCI India ETF

    iShares MSCI India ETF holds stocks listed in India, which this story is about (“indian”).

  • FRO Frontline

    Frontline (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • DHT DHT Holdings

    DHT Holdings (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • INSW International Seaways

    International Seaways (water transportation): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • TNK Teekay Tankers

    Teekay Tankers (water transportation): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
BWET+35.67%+29.19%base+4.90%after closeafter closeafter close
USO+2.78%+4.95%base+1.96%after closeafter closeafter close
EWUPrices arriving within minutes———after closeafter closeafter closeafter close
INDAPrices arriving within minutes———after closeafter closeafter closeafter close
FRO+10.52%+3.52%base+4.18%after closeafter closeafter close
DHT+6.01%-0.62%base+4.13%after closeafter closeafter close
INSW+1.26%-0.13%base+3.08%after closeafter closeafter close
TNK+3.72%+0.36%base+3.06%after closeafter closeafter close

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

Oil tanker captain detained at sea set for novel sanctions trial Global Investigations Review

Source: Global Investigations Review

Energy

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
BWETthat day+4.90%still updating
BWETthree days earlier+29.19%final price
BWETfive days earlier+35.67%final price
DHTthat day+4.13%still updating
DHTthree days earlier-0.62%final price
DHTfive days earlier+6.01%final price
FROthat day+4.18%still updating
FROthree days earlier+3.52%final price
FROfive days earlier+10.52%final price
INSWthat day+3.08%still updating
INSWthree days earlier-0.13%final price
INSWfive days earlier+1.26%final price
TNKthat day+3.06%still updating
TNKthree days earlier+0.36%final price
TNKfive days earlier+3.72%final price
USOthat day+1.96%still updating
USOthree days earlier+4.95%final price
USOfive days earlier+2.78%final price

How solid the energy case looks

25 out of 100Price not final

“Oil tanker captain detained at sea set for novel sanctions trial” scores 25 out of 100. The score uses 2 sources. The price is not final yet.