Uncle Sam Slight of Hand
The move this week by President Obama and his administration to release Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) crude oil should…
“Ponzi Scheme” Keeps US Market Well Supplied
Conjuring up images of the dot-com bubble of the late-1990s, the industry leveled charges of unprofessional journalism against a…
Yard Trips Sink Ships
Public companies, private equity groups and new entrants to the shipping markets convened at various finance conferences this week…
Pier Pressure
The proposed project to expand Pier 400 – Berth 408 in the port of Los Angeles has engendered a…
Baby, It’s a Wild World
2011 is shaping up to be quite the year. We managed to escape the End of Days, but a…
Cover Your Asset
The low earnings and high bunker prices seen in the market as of late have created a challenging financial…
Public Opposition To Shale Gas Fracking Rises In US
Shale gas may have transformed the natural gas industry in the United States, but the widespread use of fracking…
OPEC Pickle
The past three years have produced an extremely volatile crude oil market, as prices have waivered up and down…
Yukon Trail-Off
Since their discovery in 1968, Alaska’s North Slope fields have produced 16.2 billion barrels of crude oil, and have…
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
The Mississippi River is America’s largest contiguous waterway, and a vital transportation way for the domestic petroleum supply chain….
