Demolition Derby
May 07 2021
Will scrapping hold the key to the tanker market recovery?
The tanker market has been in the doldrums…
Industry Opinions
Balance of Trade
April 30, 2021
Changing trade patterns impact West Coast VLCC employment
Historically, the global VLCC trade has been dominated by large…
LNG Market Outlook: LNG exports from Algeria to rise in 2021, decline in 2022
April 2021
LNG Market Outlook
Gas production in Algeria rebounded in 2020 by roughly 1.5 bcm, but LNG exports declined due…
Draining the Oil Stocks
April 23, 2021
Will falling oil inventories drive up tanker rates?
When Covid-19 started to spread around the world in the…
LNG Finance in World Markets: Poten LNG Top Lenders
LNG Finance in World Markets
March 2021
Japanese banks took the top three…
Guyana Revisted
April 16, 2021
A welcome new addition to the crude oil export markets
In October 2019, we wrote a Weekly…
Back to the Negotiating Table
April 9, 2021
Would more Iranian crude exports help the tanker market?
OPEC+ has announced that it will gradually increase production…
LNG in World Markets: LNG Funding Hit New High in 2020, Unconstrained by Pandemic
LNG in World Market
March 2021
LNG funding activity soared to…
LNG Market Outlook: China shows no slowdown in appetite for natural gas
March 2021
LNG Market Outlook
Domestic gas production for China is forecast to rise between 5% and 10% per year in…
Stranded in Suez
March 26, 2021
What will be the impact of the Suez Canal Closure?
On Tuesday morning, March 23, the 20,388 TEU…
The Beginning of the End?
March 19, 2021
IEA expects lower oil demand growth post Covid-19
This week, the IEA published “Oil 2021 – Analysis and…
LPG Market Outlook: Global exports to rise as petchem demand grows
LPG Market Outlook
March 2021
Global exports are forecast to rise from 112 MMt/y in 2020 to 120 MMt/y by 2022….
