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The Gulf oil and shipping market is harder to read than it's been in years. Liquid Currents: MENA Edition brings you the conversations that usually happen off the record.
In each episode, host Randa Elbarari sits down with the traders, chartering heads and commercial leaders shaping the region's energy flows. They come from national oil companies, trading houses, refiners and shipping companies across the Gulf, and they talk about what's actually moving crude, products, LPG and freight right now. There are no decks and no press lines, just the version of the conversation you'd normally only hear informally.
Each episode closes with the Vortexa View, a look at what our data is picking up in real time.
New episodes come out monthly, with highlights every week.
Learn more about Vortexa: https://bit.ly/4jGDKL1
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- HIGHLIGHT: What’s the plan after the Strait of Hormuz closure? · 4 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 1For countries directly hit by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, what's the plan in this new normal, and what would it actually take to get there? Recorded live at Vortexa’s…
- The Data Paradox: What the Numbers Miss in a Market Moving Faster Than Ever · 30 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 2Tanker rates are swinging by hundreds of thousands of dollars a day, two black swan events are compounding, and the industry has more high-speed data than ever. So why can the…
- HIGHLIGHT: Where do freight rates go next? | East of Suez in the New World Order · 6 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 1With flows moving away from traditional routes, where do freight rates and costs go from here, and is this still mainly a crude story or is it turning into a products story?…
- HIGHLIGHT: Who Profits From Disruption? | East of Suez in the New World Order · 6 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 1Disruption has been costly for much of the market, but not for everyone. Does that change appetite for a quick return to “normal”, and where do oil prices go from here? Recorded…
- East of Suez in the New World Order: How Trade Flows, Alliances and Routes Are Being Redrawn · 30 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 1Seven months after the Hormuz escalation reshaped Gulf export flows, where does the market really stand, and how much of the shift is here to stay? Recorded live at Vortexa's…
- Barrels on the brink: Venezuela the new crude hotbed, mounting propane pressure and the evolving sanctions landscape · 35 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 1Season 2 of Liquid Currents opens with a deep dive into the energy market forces shaping early 2026, as sanctions, shifting trade flows, and freight dynamics collide across…
- LPG price wars, oil on water and products brace for heightened volatility · 27 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 8Samantha Hartke is joined by Pamela Munger, Head of EMEA Analysis at Vortexa, to unpack how intensifying LPG price wars and sanctions-driven volatility are reshaping feedstock…
- LPG price wars and petchems: the winter outlook for feedstock markets as petchems demand comes into question · 40 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 7Samantha Hartke is joined by Mark Woods, President of Ethylene Strategies International Inc., to unpack how petrochemicals will shape LPG’s winter demand story. From oversupplied…
- Supply shuffle, floating barrels, and port fees pain points: How LPG, crude, products and freight will navigate winter · 26 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 6As winter approaches, global energy markets are in flux. In this episode of Liquid Currents, we unpack how shifting trade flows, swelling oil-on-water volumes, and rising port…
- Vortexa CEO Fabio Kuhn on Innovation, Market Shifts and Volatility · 19 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 5The 2025 Innovation Series brought Vortexa insights to London, Singapore, Houston, and New York. In this special retrospective episode of Liquid Currents, CEO Fabio Kuhn joins…
- Are tariffs and sanctions casting dark shadows over LPG, crude and freight Markets? · 30 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 4Recent US LPG export capacity expansions and continued production growth are tightening freight availability, even as demand signals in Asia remain mixed. At the same time, the…
- I Know What You Did Last Summer: The return of tariff confusion in divergent LPG, oil and products markets · 33 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 3Trump’s latest round of tariffs have caused confusion in energy markets, even as LPG and naphtha markets look well-supplied. The US-China ethane saga may be over – for now – but…
- Disruption is the new normal: Strait of Hormuz tensions, ongoing tariffs · 23 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 2As tensions escalate between Israel and Iran, all eyes turn to the vital chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz - a crucial artery for global energy trade. In this timely episode, we…
- Pro-pain: Tariffs and summer signals in LPG, light ends and US markets · 37 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 1In our premiere episode, our host Samantha Hartke, Head of Americas Analysis, dives into the shifting dynamics of the LPG and light ends markets against the backdrop of the…
