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Statoil Fuel & Retail Norge AS - a wholly owned subsidiary of Quebec-headquartered Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (Couche-Tard) - tops a list of 100 creditors with money owed to them by OW Bunker, ShippingWatch reports today.

The Scandinavian transport fuel retailer, which has a retail network across Scandinavia, Poland, the Baltics and Russia, and owns and operates 12 terminals and 38 depots in eight countries, is said to be owed $29,585,253.83 by OW Bunker.

The other four companies making the top five are Opet Trade Singapore Ple Ltd - a unit of leading Turkish gasoil and gasoline distributor Opet Petrolculuk AS - at $25,911,550.52; leading European marine fuel supplier Argos Bunkering B.V. at $23,984,158.36; Petrochina International (S) Pte Ltd, said to be owed $23,418,430.21; and South Korea's SK Trading International Co. Ltd, reportedly owed $23,056,686.81.

According to the data, the total amount owed to the 100 companies in the list is $677,991,705.81. The outstanding claims for the first 10 companies alone amount to $217,899,957.44, or 32.14 percent of the total. The top 20 firms are said to be owed $354,784,966.07, or 52.33 percent, and the first 50 companies $546,720,114.10, or 80.64 percent.

A breakdown has been included below.

Companies	Amount (US$)	% of Total
Top 5	125,956,079.73	18.58
Top 10	217,899,957.44	32.14
Top 20	354,784,966.07	52.33
Top 30	439,960,220.09	64.89
Top 40	498,561,207.26	73.54
Top 50	546,720,114.10	80.64
Top 60	586,415,308.43	86.49
Top 70	617,985,209.48	91.15
Top 80	641,573,977.88	94.63
Top 90	661,061,262.58	97.50
Top 100	677,991,705.81	100

*Calculations based on a list of 100 companies published by ShippingWatch.

According to OW Bunker creditor data seen by Reuters, OW Bunker owes around 150 trading counterparties at least $730 million in outstanding fuel bills.