Will OPEC Cut A Deal?
8 Jun 2018;
Some OPEC meetings are more important than others and the one coming up on June 22 is…
Canada’s Pipeline Problems Continue
1 Jun 2018: This week, the Canadian federal government announced that they are buying the Trans Mountain pipeline system and…
In The Driving Seat
25 May 2018;
Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of the “summer driving season” in the U.S. In addition to…
Riding the U.S. Crude Oil Export Wave
18 May 2018;
In December 2015, president Obama lifted the ban on U.S. crude oil exports, which had been in…
Iran Sanctions Snap Back
11 May 2018;
To nobody’s surprise, President Trump decided to withdraw the United States from the 2015 international nuclear deal…
Russia Turns Up The Volume
4 May 2018;
Russian crude oil production and exports have been in the news lately. It is being reported that…
Reading The Orderbook
27 Apr 2018;
While the tanker market has remained in the doldrums so far this year, demolition has picked up…
IMO’s Climate Control
20 Apr 2018;
During the most recent session of its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), which took place from April…