Industry Opinions

15 Sep 2019:Mixed outlook for refiners as a result of IMO 2020

Analysists expect that the implementation of the IMO…

8 Nov 2019:California refinery outages help product tankers
California has regularly been on the front pages of the newspapers…

1 Nov 2019:The Impact of IMO 2020 on Freight Rates

Anyone who follows the shipping industry or is involved in…

25 Oct 2019: Latin American producer shows enormous potential

Every oil production outlook for 2020 and beyond needs to consider the…

18 Oct 2019: Oil demand for next year does not look promising
While tanker rates went through a record-breaking rollercoaster…

11 Oct 2019: The recent surge in tanker earnings is unprecedented

Under normal circumstances, the Poten Weekly Tanker Opinion does not…

4 Oct 2019: Has the long-anticipated tanker boom finally arrived?
Ever since the Trump administration slapped sanctions on COSCO Tankers…

27 Sep 2019: St. Croix refinery restart will impact crude and product flows

By the end of 2019, Limetree Bay Refining…

20 Sep 2019: Initial impact on tanker rates is mixed

On September 14, 2019, the Abqaiq crude oil processing plant, as…

16 Sep 2019: Oil Prices and Tanker Rates are significantly higher. Berthing has resumed in Ras Tanura, after being interrupted…

13 Sep 2019: OPEC decides to leave production cuts in place (for now)
During a monitoring meeting earlier this week,…

6 Sep 2019: Iranian crude oil exports continue to decline
Just when you think you have seen it all in…