The Down and Dirty: 2009’s Top Charterers
With refinery utilizations low and volumes on long-haul trade routes sapped by a 2 million barrel per day drop…
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- Shell announces that it will close its Montreal refinery.
- Gulf Coast retail asphalt rack picres and Flux prices were at…
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- East Coast suppliers increase asphalt race prices in some areas.
- Some significant Midwest supplier price increases reported for base grades…
The Roaring 00’s
As a painful year draws to a close, it is worth remembering that the end of 2009 also caps…
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- East Coast retail prices increased by one supplier.
- Valero will no longer market asphalt at two Mid-Atlantic terminals.
- Gulf Coast retail…
Stocking Slippage
This time last year, the tanker market found itself partially insulated from the pressures being felt in other shipping…
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- East Coast retail prices mostly stable – some increases in upstate New York and western Pennsylvania.
- East Coast prices were…
Can This Ever Work ?
In a press release for its Annual Energy Outlook, the Energy Information Administration…
Still in the Dark in Denmark
In the weeks and months leading up to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Copenhagen,…
Oil China: China Petrochemical News
“Particularly in the last two years, China’s natural gas consumption showed geometric growth and natural gas supply gap has…
