Turkey's Tupras imports first Brazilian crude cargo, data shows

The Kpler shipping data that go back to 2013 show that neither of Tupras’ two refineries, one at Izmit and another at Izmir, has previously received Brazilian crude.

Itapu is a medium-sweet crude with an API gravity of 29.3, and a sulphur content of 0.253 per cent, according to data seen by Reuters. Russia’s Urals is medium-sour, meaning it has a similar density to Itapu at around 31.7 API, but is more sulphurous at 1.7 per cent, according to data provided by SP Global Commodity Insights.