Bloomberg: Reliance Is Eighth-Largest Hirer of Aframax Ships for Fuels
“Reliance Industries Ltd., owner of the world’s largest oil refining complex, was the eighth-biggest charterer of Aframax vessels used…
Product Power (Outage?): 2010 Top Clean Charterers
An analysis of world-wide clean tanker spot fixture volume in 2010 characterizes a sobering picture of developed-world economic health….
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast retail paving prices mostly steady, with slight increases in some markets.
- East Coast wholesale CIF price ranges at…
Tradewinds: Bunker Boost for S-pore
“Singapore is set to capitalize on the slow development of China’s bunker industry, according to a report by Poten…
Lloyd’s List: Opec Oil Production to Rise by 5 Million Barrels Per Day
“Crude oil production from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries is projected to increase by 5m barrels per day…
Fairplay: Alaska Oil Bypass Begins
“Poten & Partners has released an analysis of rapidly evolving foreign imports to the US West Coast to put…
Reuters: Reluctant Refiners Threaten Anti-Pollution Efforts in Shipping
“Global efforts to drastically reduce toxic sulphur emissions in the shipping industry will likely be delayed for years due…
How the West Was Won
This past week, an oil leak originating from a pump station serving Alaska’s North Slope resulted in a shut-down…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
- East Coast retail paving prices mostly steady, with some increases in Florida markets.
- East Coast wholesale FOB price ranges widened…
Bloomberg: Unipec Becomes Fifth-Largest Hirer of Crude Oil Tankers
“China International United Petroleum & Chemical Corp., the Chinese trader known as Unipec, became the fifth-largest charterer of crude…
