On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan interview Lukas Albrecht about commodity trading, commodity volatility, and the impact of the Trans Mountain Expansion on Canada's role in global commodity trading.

You can find Ilia Bouchouev's episode of Energy Security Cubed here: https://www.cgai.ca/the_dominance_of_the_virtual_barrel_over_the_oil_market_with_ilia_bouchouev

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For the intro session, Kelly and Joe discuss the Dangote refinery in Nigeria, South Korean nuclear exports, and Indonesia's alignment on oil imports.

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Guest Bio:

- Lukas Albrecht is a Proprietary & Physical Crude Oil Trader at Trafigura

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Host Bio:

- Kelly Ogle is Managing Director of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

- Joe Calnan is a Fellow and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

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Reading recommendations:

- "Virtual Barrels: Quantitative Trading in the Oil Market", by Ilia Bouchouev: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-36151-7

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Interview recording Date: July 24, 2024

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Energy Security Cubed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary.

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.