Brent crude oil was the tar of the complex, yesterday, on word that South Korea would resume subsidies for refiners to purchase crude from other than Middle East sources. The subsidies cover the additional transit costs from the farther flung production sources. The termination of a more direct form of the subsidy is what helped crush the Brent-WTI spread recently.
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