Tag: vitol

• Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 07:43 UTC

  World's largest oil traders investing in climate friendly projects, but profits remain a big question mark

  

  The world's largest oil traders are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into climate-friendly projects: including wind farms, cow manure plants, and blue hydrogen: as they seek to match the profits they make from trading oil.

• Saturday, November 23rd 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Swiss investigation helps expose corruption network involving Vitol, Trafigura and Petrobras

  

  Swiss investigators have executed search warrants at addresses linked to Vitol and Trafigura, their counterparts in Brazil said on Thursday, as a sprawling probe into the global commodity trading industry intensifies.

• Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 10:03 UTC

  Global commodity trading firms investigated in Switzerland and by the FBI

  

  Pressure is growing on global commodity trading firms with strong ties to Switzerland for their alleged involvement in the “Car Wash” corruption scandal in Brazil. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating two Vitol executives in the Americas, according to Reuters news agency.