Coming Clean Down Under
27 Mar 2015: Australian refinery closures increase product tanker demand. In recent years, a number of oil companies operating in…
Spring Break for MRs?
20 Mar 2015: Is the strength in the MR market sustainable? Several years ago, the general thought seemed to be…
Crude Awakening for Aframaxes
13 Mar 2015: Dirty Aframax tankers continue to have potential. For many years, the Aframax crude oil tanker was the…
Product Tankers Facilitate Global Arbitrage Trades
10 Mar 2015: Over the last couple of years, the U.S. has developed into one of the largest exporters…
Close the Window – It is Cold Outside!
06 Mar 2015: Product tankers facilitate global arbitrage trades. Over the last couple of years, the U.S. has developed into…
Can Owners Avoid Growing Pains
27 Feb 2015: Fleet expansion remains limited despite healthy market. Fleet growth was limited in 2014 as the large orderbook…
Sliding Oil Prices Force LNG Developers to Push Pause
20 Feb 2015: LNG project developers were surely starting to feel anxious about the economic viability of their liquefaction…
South of the Border Swap
20 Feb 2015: The Potential Impact of a US – Mexican Oil Exchange. As geographical neighbors, the United States and…
Global Trade Increases to 244 MMt, Breaking Two-Year Stagnation
17 Feb 2015: Preliminary data is showing that global trade reached 244 MMt in 2014 a new annual record…
More Barrels From Babylon
13 Feb 2015: Iraqi Production and Exports Near Historic Highs. In the context of oil production growth, the US is…
