Smaller Chinese Companies Seek LNG Start of Terminal Operations
20 July 2017: Smaller Chinese players are pushing ahead with plans for regasification and storage terminals, in an effort to…
Coral South FLNG Project Financing Attracts Over 20 Lenders ECAs
20 July 2017: After lenders signed an agreement on May 31 to provide the Eni-lead 3.4-MMt/y Coral South…
Saudi Arabia Eyes LNG Imports, Investing in Foreign Liquefaction
20 July 2017: Saudi Arabia is developing plans to invest in foreign liquefaction plants as it looks to…
LNG Trade Flows: Mid-Year Wrap Up
17 July 2017: Two weeks ago we reported how the number of spot fixtures for the first six months…
Panama Canal: A Bottleneck?
10 July 2017: The Panama Canal recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of its expansion. During this past year, 1,535 vessels…
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
14 Jul 2017: As the tanker market suffers through its typical summer doldrums,…
2017 Halftime Report
7 Jul 2017: Now that the 4th of July Holiday in the U.S. is behind us, it is time to…
Spot Fixture Activity: Mid-Year Wrap Up
July 3 2017: Six months ago, we wrote our first opinion discussing the growing liquidity of LNG shipping spot…
South Korea: The Role of FOB Buyers
27 June 2017: This week KOGAS will import its first contracted cargo from the United States. Although this is…
Refining Renaissance
23 Jun 2017: Refining margins are strong and utilization rates are high in most of the major refining regions…
