Sanctions Gain Teeth
With the enactment of a new U.S. sanctions regime earlier this month, the tanker industry has once again found…
Industry Opinions
Unwinding Subsidies
Alongside China, India has emerged as an important driver of many of the trends expected to determine the direction…
Harbinger Wind
After threatening to follow a path that some projections showed would send it through the heart of the U.S….
Noble Gas Reserve Upgrade Points To Israeli Energy Independence
Noble Energy has boosted the gas reserve estimates for its Israeli acreage, prompting local investor Yitzhak Tsuhva, who owns…
Public Displays
As difficult as it was to see the light just a year ago, optimism in the tanker market has…
Sustainable Demand
The rally which has brought VLCC earnings on the Arabian Gulf – Far…
Taking the Long View
As the company deals with an array of short-term challenges related to the disastrous oil spill in the U.S….
Drilling Deep
While it has been evident for weeks that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is a transformative event for the…
Driving Towards Normality
The American summer driving season that typically kicks off with Memorial Day weekend is a period when oil and…
Lebanon Eyes LNG Imports For Southern Zahrani
Lebanon has turned the clock back 12 years, once again looking to LNG to help meet medium to long…
Far Eastern Exports?
A surge in production coinciding with Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cuts allowed Russia to briefly assume the…
Nigeria's Acting President Pushes Petroleum Bill
The new law gives preferential treatment to indigenous companies seeking to participate in the country’s oil and gas industry…
