Driving Towards Normality
The American summer driving season that typically kicks off with Memorial Day weekend is a period when oil and…
Lebanon Eyes LNG Imports For Southern Zahrani
Lebanon has turned the clock back 12 years, once again looking to LNG to help meet medium to long…
Far Eastern Exports?
A surge in production coinciding with Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cuts allowed Russia to briefly assume the…
Nigeria's Acting President Pushes Petroleum Bill
The new law gives preferential treatment to indigenous companies seeking to participate in the country’s oil and gas industry…
It’s All Greek To Me
As Greece’s debt problems have blossomed from a national concern into a near existential threat to the European monetary…
Let the Finger Pointing Begin!
The effort to stop the gushing oil well 5,000 feet below sea level in the Gulf of Mexico has…
Post Volcanic Ash Syndrome
As market dynamics unleashed along with columns of smoke and ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano continue to work their…
Strait Flush
As a bunkering port near the Arabian Gulf, Fujairah already plays an important role in international tanker markets. It…
Volumes Return
The recent strength in VLCC earnings has been propelled mostly by an increase in overall fixture activity and signals…
