Tanker Opinions

Poten & Partners tanker research and consulting group monitors and analyzes tanker market and energy developments around the world and advises companies on strategy development and implementation. Below you will find our team’s Weekly Tanker Opinions. To subscribe, click here.

Erik Broekhuizen

More Oil in the Pipeline

Erik Broekhuizen

12 Apr 2019: As anybody who follows the oil industry knows, U.S. crude oil production has grown rapidly in…

Abdullah Alazzaz

All Eyes On The East

Abdullah Alazzaz

5 April 2019: Refining capacity in Asia has been growing rapidly for many years, driven by continued growth in…

Erik Broekhuizen

Just Go With The Flow

Erik Broekhuizen

22 Mar 2019: In last week’s Tanker Opinion, we discussed how projected changes in crude oil balances are expected to…

Erik Broekhuizen

Will History Repeat Itself?

Erik Broekhuizen

15 Mar 2019: Erling Naess, an iconic Norwegian shipowner observed in the 1970s: “God must have been a shipowner;…

Erik Broekhuizen

Lights Dimming For Venezuela

Erik Broekhuizen

8 Mar 2019: As an illustration of the severe problems that Venezuela is facing, the country experienced a widespread…

Abdullah Alazzaz

Decisions, Decisions …

Abdullah Alazzaz

1 March 2019: The tanker market is at somewhat of a crossroads:  Trade flows are changing due to rapidly…

Abdullah Alazzaz

Super-Size Me

Abdullah Alazzaz

22 Feb 2019 : Crude oil exports from the U.S. Gulf continue to increase as tight oil production grows.  The…

Erik Broekhuizen

Down But Not Out

Erik Broekhuizen

15 Feb 2019: Over the last 10-15 years the focus in world oil markets has been on Asian demand in…

Erik Broekhuizen

Fuel Fight

Erik Broekhuizen

1 Feb 2019; 

For many years the product flows in the Atlantic Basin were fairly predictable.  The United States produced…

Erik Broekhuizen

Face-off in Venezuela

Erik Broekhuizen

25 Jan 2019; 

On Wednesday, Mr. Juan Guaido, the head of the country’s National Assembly, declared himself interim president of…

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