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Some traders who do business with Shell were cautiously accepting of the major new terms, which take effect on Monday.
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Others suggested the terms would reduce the influence of oil purchases by South Korean refiners that have been blamed for distorting Dated cheap Canada Goose Brent in recent months.
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In an addition to the SUKO 90 terms posted on Canada Goose online its website, Shell listed a series of quality premiums that will apply depending on whether a cargo of Brent, Forties, Oseberg or Ekofisk is delivered into a contract, effective Feb. 11.
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