--- title: "October cargoes of medium-heavy sour Mars crude became cheaper amid rising freight costs and… — argus_price_agency — DecisionGateway" description: "statement by argus_price_agency, recorded 2026-10-29 — verbatim quote and source citation." canonical_url: "https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc12-e60d-7711-a03d-09a40934d3ab" meta: "og:description": "statement by argus_price_agency, recorded 2026-10-29 — verbatim quote and source citation." "og:image": "https://dgw.tmarket.io/og.jpg" "og:image:alt": "White network of connected nodes crossed by a timeline on black" "og:image:height": "1024" "og:image:width": "1024" "og:title": "October cargoes of medium-heavy sour Mars crude became cheaper amid rising freight costs and… — argus_price_agency — DecisionGateway" "twitter:image": "https://dgw.tmarket.io/og.jpg" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://dgw.tmarket.io/llms.txt) statementSaid on 2026-10-29 # **October cargoes of medium-heavy sour Mars crude became cheaper amid rising freight costs and expectations of increased sour crude supply.** A statement by [**argus\_price\_agency**](https://dgw.tmarket.io/actors/01a1cc4d-0139-70f3-9661-b3734108d021), said on 2026-10-29. Statements are as reported by the cited publishers — not verified by DecisionGateway. > *Октябрьские партии среднетяжелой сернистой нефти Марс подешевели на фоне роста стоимости фрахта и ожиданий увеличения предложения сернистой нефти.* argus\_price\_agencyPublished 2026-10-29 [ Read source](https://t.me/argus_price_agency/1664) [**argus\_price\_agency dossier **](https://dgw.tmarket.io/actors/01a1cc4d-0139-70f3-9661-b3734108d021) ## **Related claims** [**However, October Mars cargoes were still selling at an average premium of about $1.80/bbl.**argus\_price\_agency · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc12-e6d1-7b24-890f-a122b63454d7) [**At the end of September, the discount on October Mars cargoes was $7.50/bbl — the maximum since June 2022.**argus\_price\_agency · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc12-e6a3-7ac4-ab7f-1e621e56ce9c) [**Increased demand for October-loading crude cargoes from buyers in the Asia-Pacific region and on the US West Coast contributed to a rise in prices for the Argentine light low-sulfur Medanito grade; the discount of Medanito to Brent futures on the ICE exchange narrowed from $2.50/bbl to $1/bbl amid stable freight rates during the month.**Новости рынка нефти в Северной и Южной Америке · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc08-e38d-73c1-942e-9baa74ac37e2) [**Stronger demand for October-loading crude from buyers in the Asia-Pacific and the US West Coast drove up prices for Argentine light low-sulfur Medanito; the Medanito discount to Brent futures on ICE narrowed from $2.50/bbl to $1/bbl amid stable freight rates during the month.**Новости рынка нефти в Северной и Южной Америке · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc0d-149e-71dd-aae2-a0ba5ed3327e) [**Heavy crude from the 890 thousand bbl/d TransMountain pipeline system became cheaper in early to mid-August because demand in China remained low and many October volumes were not sold.**Новости рынка нефти в Северной и Южной Америке · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc0d-13e7-796e-94c2-9c2c6614308f) [**Prices for light low-sulfur WTI on the western Gulf of Mexico coast declined slightly during most of August.**Новости рынка нефти в Северной и Южной Америке · statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc08-e1f1-7397-8e43-0d5ef16d0cbd) ## **More claims by argus\_price\_agency** [**The largest decline occurred in China: supplies fell to 24.7 thousand tonnes due to reduced production of transition grades of PP; all exports to China went through the Dostyk-Alashankou crossing.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a83b-79ce-bdf4-a4797470b76b) [**Exports to Turkey fell to 32.5 thousand tonnes due to part of the shipments switching to road transport.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a7c2-7179-b2ea-9d39cfcffac9) [**Supplies to Germany (7.4 thousand tonnes) and France (4.9 thousand tonnes) increased, with the product starting to be sent there through the port of St. Petersburg.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a7a5-7003-9b54-b1bce74c062e) [**PP supplies to Europe grew to 54 thousand tonnes; Poland remained the largest buyer, although volumes there declined slightly.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a781-7208-9341-53ff875ea0a6) [**The second producer, «Нефтехим Ltd», mainly supplies products abroad by road transport.**statement](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc1a-a723-7112-85b1-61454430b8fc) [All claims by argus\_price\_agency](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims?claimant_id=01a1cc4d-0139-70f3-9661-b3734108d021) [All claims](https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@id":"https://dgw.tmarket.io/#website","@type":"WebSite","description":"Decisions, events and falsifiable forecasts from 3,800+ Telegram channels — every claim cited. Read free.","name":"DecisionGateway","url":"https://dgw.tmarket.io/","publisher":{"@id":"https://dgw.tmarket.io/#identity"}},{"@id":"https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc12-e60d-7711-a03d-09a40934d3ab#webpage","@type":"WebPage","description":"statement by argus_price_agency, recorded 2026-10-29 — verbatim quote and source citation.","name":"October cargoes of medium-heavy sour Mars crude became cheaper amid rising freight costs and… — argus_price_agency — DecisionGateway","url":"https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc12-e60d-7711-a03d-09a40934d3ab","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc12-e60d-7711-a03d-09a40934d3ab#breadcrumb"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https://dgw.tmarket.io/#website"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc12-e60d-7711-a03d-09a40934d3ab"]}]},{"@id":"https://dgw.tmarket.io/#identity","@type":"Organization","name":"DecisionGateway","url":"https://dgw.tmarket.io"},{"@id":"https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc12-e60d-7711-a03d-09a40934d3ab#breadcrumb","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","name":"Home","item":"https://dgw.tmarket.io","position":1},{"@type":"ListItem","name":"Claims","item":"https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims","position":2},{"@type":"ListItem","name":"October cargoes of medium-heavy sour Mars crude became…","position":3}]},{"@id":"https://dgw.tmarket.io/claims/01a1cc12-e60d-7711-a03d-09a40934d3ab#/schema/quotation/1","@type":"Quotation","dateCreated":"2026-10-29","isBasedOn":"https://t.me/argus_price_agency/1664","text":"Октябрьские партии среднетяжелой сернистой нефти Марс подешевели на фоне роста стоимости фрахта и ожиданий увеличения предложения сернистой нефти.","url":"/claims/01a1cc12-e60d-7711-a03d-09a40934d3ab","spokenByCharacter":{"@type":"Person","name":"argus_price_agency","@id":"/actors/01a1cc4d-0139-70f3-9661-b3734108d021"}}]} ``` ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](https://dgw.tmarket.io/sitemap.md) for all pages.