Brazil is Back
21 Apr 2017: Brazil is South America’s undisputed energy powerhouse. The country is a large energy consumer and producer. It…
Down, But Not Out
7 Apr 2017: In the first three months of 2017, the level and direction of crude exports from the…
Are We There Yet?
31 Mar 2017: The sentiment in the tanker market is pretty depressed at the moment, in particular for crude oil…
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…
Big Remains Beautiful
17 Mar 2017: Global VLCC trades are dominated by two regions: exports are primarily coming from the countries around…
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,…
Pacific Promise
3 Mar 2017: Indonesia has attracted significant attention in the energy markets lately. This week, King Salman bin Abdulaziz…
Large Tankers Are Cleaning Up Their Act
23 Feb 2017: Long Range 1 (LR1) and Long Range 2 (LR2) product carriers are the coated version of…
Transatlantic Oil Swap
17 Feb 2017: Historically, the transatlantic product trade has been a significant source of employment for product tankers. The…
OPEC Cuts Down Tanker Demand
10 Feb 2017: It appears that the whole world (at least the people that are interested in oil supply…