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…
Japanese Demand
27 March 2017: Next week participants in the LNG industry will travel to Japan for Gastech, the biennial conference on…
Tight Oil Unleashed
24 Mar 2017: In April 2015, U.S. crude oil production reached 9.627 million barrels per day (mb/d). This was…
Seasonality
20 March 2017: Past LNG Shipping opinions have discussed at length the recent and expected growth in global LNG…
Big Remains Beautiful
17 Mar 2017: Global VLCC trades are dominated by two regions: exports are primarily coming from the countries around…
Poten 2017 Ranking – Top LNG Project Finance Lenders
This ranking included a total of 46 lenders from 20 countries. Total LNG lending by commercial banks (plus two development banks…
