OPEC Remains Opaque
August 8th, 2025:Quotas are up, but actual production and exports are lagging
OPEC crude oil production and, in particular the…
Who Does The Heavy Lifting?
August 1st, 2025:Canada and Venezuela reshuffle heavy crude flows
Crude oil flows in and around the United States are changing,…
Don’t Frack For Me Argentina
July 25th, 2025:A new shale oil powerhouse is in the making
For more than a decade now, we have been…
Tanker Midterms – 2025 Edition
July 11th, 2025:Top Reported Dirty Spot Charterers for 1H 2025*
Six months into 2025, we’ll take stock again of the…
Try, Try, Try and Try Again
July 18th, 2025:Will the latest EU sanctions package make the difference?
Today, on Friday, July 18, the EU adopted its…
From Scrapping To Recycling
June 27th, 2025:Ship recycling enters a new era
Yesterday, on 26 June 2025, the Hong Kong International Convention for the…
More Barrels From Brazil
June 20th, 2025:Production and export growth will lift tanker demand
Brazil is by far the largest crude oil producer in…
Operation Rising Lion
June 13th, 2025:Israel launches an attack on Iran
In the early hours of Friday, June 13, Israel launched several waves…
Refining Continues Moving East
June 6th, 2025:The impact of a shifting refinery landscape
Last week, we focused on the increasingly challenging refining situation on…
Another One Bites The Dust
May 30th, 2025:Product carriers gain from another California refinery closure
Last year, we wrote a Tanker Opinion titled “Another Refinery…
