Trading houses Vitol, Glencore and Trafigura are caught in the crossfire between Russian oil producers and Western buyers, which have refused to take contaminated Russian crude bought by the traders.
Reuters: Trading houses caught in crossfire of Russian oil contamination
Belarus' workers open the discharge valve of the "Gomel" oil-pump station, part of the "Druzhba" pipeline in Bobovichi, some 330 km south-east of Minsk, Jan. 11, 2007.
