The standard VLCC-class tanker carries approximately 2 million barrels of oil. A fee of $2 million is equivalent to a rate of $1 per barrel. On the scale of the world economy, where the volatility of oil prices since the beginning of the conflict in Iran has amounted to 35-40 dollars per barrel, it is not too much. But for the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, the price turns into a significant item of expenditure: With an export volume of 20.…
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The standard VLCC-class tanker carries approximately 2 million barrels of oil. A fee of $2 million is equivalent to a rate of $1 per barrel. On the scale of the world economy, where the volatility of oil prices since the beginning of the conflict in Iran has amounted to 35-40 dollars per barrel, it is not too much. But for the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, the price turns into a significant item of expenditure: With an export volume of 20.…