A Record Number of Supertankers Is Headed to Collect US Oil

(Bloomberg) — A record number of supertankers is steaming toward the US to load oil as shipowners look to capitalize on an increase in the nation’s crude exports.

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Forty-eight vessels are bound for the country in the coming three months, according to data gathered Friday by Bloomberg. That’s the most in at least six years.

The flow of vessels illustrates the changing energy landscape as the US pumps more crude than ever before and the Organization of Petroleum…