The Barrels From Brazil
August 28, 2020
South America’s largest producer boosts export trades
Amid all the fluctuations in global crude oil trades resulting from…
TradeWinds News: LNG’s age of steam comes under scrutiny
August 25th, 2020
Poten & Partners’ Gary Smith — who is an advisor working with brokers and consultants’ commercial teams…
Wall Street Journal: Coronavirus Further Complicates Shell’s Giant Floating Gas Project
August 22, 2020
“They went with this very large, very complex, not off-the-shelf technology; they developed it as a bespoke…
TradeWinds News: LNG carrier values come under scrutiny in a maturing market
August 21, 2020
Gary Smith of Poten & Partners said there are big discrepancies in LNG carrier values.
If a buyer…
TradeWinds News: Gorgon LNG to Start Up One Train, but Shutting Down Another for Inspection, Possible Repair
August 21, 2020
The problems at Gorgon have helped support Asian spot LNG prices, which have reached record lows this…
TradeWinds News: FSRU projects mushroom with conversions making a comeback
August 20, 2020
Poten & Partners says there are about 45 LNG-to-power projects on the drawing board comprising some 38,000…
TradeWinds News: LNG floating storage to rise but rates will remain weak, Poten says
August 19th, 2020
Demand for LNG floating storage is expected to increase into the winter period but LNG…
TradeWinds News: LNG shipowners change assumptions about ship lifespans as global fleet grows
August 24, 2020
Poten & Partners’ Gary Smith said that as conservatism in the industry has slowly diminished, shipowners will…
Lloyd’s List: A dismal winter forecast for LNG shipping
August 20, 2020
Poten & Partners predicts that LNG shipping rates may peak at less than half of last…
A Long Way Back
August 21, 2020
Oil demand recovery not expected until 2022
Last week, the three main oil market analysis agencies (International Energy…
