Vitol, Gunvor and Trafigura experience difficult year after reduced volatility in energy prices hits returns
Commodity house is among world’s most profitable companies and has returned $20bn to senior staff over past three years
Commodity trader’s roughly 600 employee owners received average of more than $17.5mn in share buybacks last year
Commodity trader’s forecast indicates energy transition will be slower than anticipated
World’s biggest independent oil trader expands into materials needed for energy transition
VPI profits soar as company owned by world’s largest commodity trader continues to benefit from 2022 energy crisis
Remuneration highlights how commodity traders enjoyed a boom after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Executives at Vitol, Trafigura and Mercuria say banks and export credit agencies have never been so keen to lend to them
Energy trader’s earnings mean another year of large payouts for senior partners
Falling capacity pushes up premiums for diesel ahead of crude
Commodities trader’s unit benefited from turmoil in electricity market last year
European energy traders are still large buyers, according to FT analysis of exporters’ customs declarations
European oil majors’ combined trading profits surpass those of the four biggest private energy traders
Commodity trader’s profits in 2022 matched previous six years combined as turmoil swept through markets
Companies set high-water mark unlikely to be repeated in 2023
Trafigura and Vitol bosses say they would increase activity if governments and banks give approval
World’s largest independent oil trader is latest group to divest following Ukraine invasion
Crossbridge Energy negotiating deal with Russian company for as much as €1.5bn but Rome seeks more time to close
Collapse of talks over deal backed by Vitol risks bankrupting Russian-owned facility
Supplies will drop by up to 1mn barrels per day when new sanctions come in, according to Russell Hardy
Crossbridge Energy Partners emerges as frontrunner to acquire Lukoil facility
Carlyle and Vitol-owned company’s net zero target goes further than many of its peers
Vitol, Trafigura, Glencore and Gunvor accused of helping Moscow receive ‘blood money’
Biggest independent energy trader rides rising demand and price volatility
Oil trader’s comments come as broader industry faces huge demands for cash to cover hedges
