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War-risk costs stay pinned near records in crude and tanker freight while Europe's used cooking oil bid softens - Nigeria's waste-oil export window tightens just as collection capital arrives
Houthi claims on Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura complex and QatarEnergy's extension of force majeure on Italy-bound LNG to end-December keep security and freight costs elevated, but the European benchmark that actually sets Nigerian used cooking oil netbacks moved lower in the week to 22 October: direction of travel for West African feedstock is now driven by ARA demand, freight adders and EU compliance rules, not by the crude-price headline.
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