Brazil is Back
21 Apr 2017: Brazil is South America’s undisputed energy powerhouse. The country is a large energy consumer and producer. It…
Shifting LNG Market to Challenge Liquefaction Project Financing
13 April 2017: ” The LNG market continues to evolve from its relatively simple beginnings – when buyers signed…
Several Pakistani FSRU Projects Moving Ahead at Various Paces
13 April 2017: “With one floating storage-and-regasification unit (FSRU) already operating, Pakistan is continuing to work on others in…
Floating Liquefaction Projects
10 April 2017: Last week the first LNG cargo produced onboard a floating liquefaction (FLNG) facility was loaded onto…
Down, But Not Out
7 Apr 2017: In the first three months of 2017, the level and direction of crude exports from the…
Japanese Pricing
2 April 2017: As discussed in last week’s opinion (27-Mar-17: “Japanese Demand”), Japanese LNG importers are facing challenges in predicting…
TradeWinds: Traders steam into LNG
30 March 2017: “According to a recent briefing from Poten & Partners, trading houses accounted for 36% of the…
TradeWinds: Yard capacity cuts may hit VLCC orders
30 March 2017: “George Belesis, a sale-and-purchase broker at Poten & Partners, says shipyards were eager to fill berths…
WorldOil: America’sshale gas selling at record prices to overseas buyers
20 March 2017: ” Sabine Pass has “ramped up faster than expected, so it seems like a pretty successful launch…
Are We There Yet?
31 Mar 2017: The sentiment in the tanker market is pretty depressed at the moment, in particular for crude oil…