Groundhog Day
5 Jan 2017: There were only minor changes in the rankings of the top dirty spot charterers in 2016…
Christmas (de-)Stocking
22-Dec-2016: In recent years, global oil markets have focused on the growth of the Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) in…
Redefining Refining
15 Dec 2016: The recent discussions about the OPEC and non-OPEC production cuts and their impact on oil prices…
New Chinese Importers Facing Tough Approvals for Terminals
14 December 2016: Aspiring LNG importers in China are going through a more stringent government approval process for proposed…
The Dark Days Before Christmas
09 December 2016: Clouds have been gathering above the tanker market for some time now. The orderbook for delivery…
French Nuclear Outages Spike NW Europe Gas, Power Prices
7 December 2016: France will be without a significant amount of its nuclear generation capacity over winter, increasing demand…
Against All Odds
01 Dec 2016: On September 28, OPEC announced that they planned to reduce output to stabilize the oil markets. They…
Worldscale Talks Turkey
23 Nov 2016: As we are approaching the end of another eventful year in the tanker market, owners and…
Growing LNG-to-Power Sector Lures Several New Players
11 November 2016: Floating import terminals could help fuel more than 15 GW of new power generation capacity expected to…
