Spanish oil group Repsol plans to expand its trading desk in Singapore as it looks to move more crude and fuel oil to Asia to meet growing demand, a company source said. The firm will hire one or two fuel oil traders by year-end to boost its current three-man crude and oil products team, said the source, who declined to be identified as he is not authorised to speak with media.
"We are still in the process of looking at some candidates," he said on Thursday. Slow growth in Asia-Pacific's crude output has opened the way for more imports from Europe, Canada and South America whenever prices and shipping costs allow.
Repsol's Singapore office is headed by crude trader Salvador Alarcon Alacio, who will now focus on business development. Fuel oil trader Jaime Traspaderne will expand his coverage to include crude.
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