Japan Buys Rare Canadian Oil Cargo
Eneos bought a rare Canadian crude cargo as Japan seeks to cut reliance on Middle Eastern supplies, Kpler said.
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Canadian Oil Ships to Japan for First Time in Over a Year as Iran War Drags On
A cargo ship loaded with Canadian crude oil is travelling from British Columbia to Japan, marking the first Canadian shipment of energy to the Asian country since early 2025. The Marshall Islands-flagged Freedom Glory, which can carry up to 750,000 barrels of crude oil, loaded up on oil from the Trans Mountain pipeline in Vancouver and is on its way to Kiire, Japan. The ship, which is being chartered by Exxon Mobil, left Canada on July 19 and is…
Japan Buys Rare Canadian Oil Cargo
Japan’s biggest refiner, Eneos, has bought a rare cargo of Canadian crude as the country seeks to diversify away from Middle Eastern crude. This is the first Canadian oil shipment bought by a Japanese company since 2025, Reuters noted in a report, citing ship-tracking data from Kpler and LSEG. According to that data, the cargo was loaded on an Aframax tanker, which has a capacity of 750,000 barrels. The seller is Exxon. “Japan's renewed purchase…
On Monday, June 10, 2024, the crude oil tankers "SFL Sabine" (rear left) and "Tarbet Spirit" were docked at the West Ridge Shipping Terminal of the Trans Mountain Pipeline in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Crude oil from the expanded Trans Mountain Pipeline was loaded onto the tankers. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
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