Japanese Pricing
2 April 2017: As discussed in last week’s opinion (27-Mar-17: “Japanese Demand”), Japanese LNG importers are facing challenges in predicting…
Are We There Yet?
31 Mar 2017: The sentiment in the tanker market is pretty depressed at the moment, in particular for crude oil…
Japanese Demand
27 March 2017: Next week participants in the LNG industry will travel to Japan for Gastech, the biennial conference on…
Tight Oil Unleashed
24 Mar 2017: In April 2015, U.S. crude oil production reached 9.627 million barrels per day (mb/d). This was…
Seasonality
20 March 2017: Past LNG Shipping opinions have discussed at length the recent and expected growth in global LNG…
Big Remains Beautiful
17 Mar 2017: Global VLCC trades are dominated by two regions: exports are primarily coming from the countries around…
Panama Canal Expansion
14 March 2017: On March 6th the GasLog Skagen transited the expanded Panama Canal, marking the 100th LNG carrier…
Petronas Sales Locking up Buyers with High Credit Ratings
6 March 2017: “Petronas in 2016 offered mid- to long-term supply at some of the lowest prices to buyers…
Looking Into IEA’s Crystal Ball
10 Mar 2017: Earlier this week, the International Energy Agency (IEA) published their annual medium term oil market outlook,…
The State of the Orderbook
06 Mar. 2017: Over the last week it was reported that DSME secured a firm order for two LNG…