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A bigger pipe dream, but in a good way
Vivakor says its commodities trading arm signed a recurring one-year crude oil transaction that should move about 100,000 barrels per month through the Cushing Terminal. On current pricing, that works out to roughly $9 million a month, or about $108 million annualized.
That’s not exactly a tiny side hustle. For a company whose terminaling and storage business already does a lot of the heavy lifting, more volume flowing through the network can help with asset utilization and give the whole operation a little more juice.
Why investors should care
This is the kind of update that makes a small-cap oil and gas name look a lot less sleepy:
- More crude volume can support better utilization across Vivakor’s logistics assets
- The deal adds another leg to its sourcing, marketing, transporting, and managing game
- If the arrangement holds up, it could help reinforce the company’s integrated network story
The market still wants receipts
Vivakor also said the arrangement runs from June 1st, 2026 to May 31st, 2027, which gives it a fairly clean one-year runway. But with the stock down in premarket trading and hovering near its 52-week low, investors are clearly in show-me mode.
Big picture: a bigger crude flow is nice, but for Vivakor the real question is whether this turns into sustained throughput, better margins, and fewer head-scratching small-cap vibes.