Industry Opinions

With United States crude oil production rising to levels unseen in 22 years, the US must find consumers with…

From 4Q2012 to 1Q2013, the Western Canadian Select (WCS) crude oil benchmark experienced historically low prices during a period…

There is increasing optimism that the economic recovery in the United States is on firm footing and strengthening. Indeed,…

Dirty tanker rates are in a well-documented and, for owners, tiring slump that leaves earnings levels well below their…

Effective July 1st, South Korea, the fifth largest buyer of crude cargoes in the world, confirmed the elimination of…

Over the last decade, China’s consumption of oil has grown more rapidly than any other nation. Its lead has…

Marine Money Week made its annual appearance in New York this week, and everyone from owners to brokers to…

Russia, an original member of the BRICS group of emerging markets, has experienced renewed post-financial crisis macroeconomic growth, though…

In 2008, it was difficult to envision the developments in exploration, production and the resultant impacts on trade that…

Memorial Day brought in the unofficial start to Summer 2013 in the United States, a line of demarcation that…