Poten & Partners Poten & Partners: What’s New

Abdullah Alazzaz

Smaller Chinese Companies Seek LNG Start of Terminal Operations

Abdullah Alazzaz

20 July 2017: Smaller Chinese players are pushing ahead with plans for regasification and storage terminals, in an effort to…

Abdullah Alazzaz

Coral South FLNG Project Financing Attracts Over 20 Lenders ECAs

Abdullah Alazzaz

20 July 2017: After lenders signed an agreement on May 31 to provide the Eni-lead 3.4-MMt/y Coral South…

Abdullah Alazzaz

Saudi Arabia Eyes LNG Imports, Investing in Foreign Liquefaction

Abdullah Alazzaz

20 July 2017: Saudi Arabia is developing plans to invest in foreign liquefaction plants as it looks to…

Abdullah Alazzaz

LNG Trade Flows: Mid-Year Wrap Up

Abdullah Alazzaz

17 July 2017: Two weeks ago we reported how the number of spot fixtures for the first six months…

Erik Broekhuizen

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Erik Broekhuizen

14 Jul 2017: As the tanker market suffers through its typical summer doldrums,…

Abdullah Alazzaz

Panama Canal: A Bottleneck?

Abdullah Alazzaz

10 July 2017: The Panama Canal recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of its expansion. During this past year, 1,535 vessels…

Erik Broekhuizen

2017 Halftime Report

Erik Broekhuizen

7 Jul 2017: Now that the 4^th of July Holiday in the U.S. is behind us, it is time to…

Abdullah Alazzaz

Spot Fixture Activity: Mid-Year Wrap Up

Abdullah Alazzaz

July 3 2017: Six months ago, we wrote our first opinion discussing the growing liquidity of LNG shipping spot…

Abdullah Alazzaz

South Korea: The Role of FOB Buyers

Abdullah Alazzaz

27 June 2017: This week KOGAS will import its first contracted cargo from the United States. Although this is…

Erik Broekhuizen

Refining Renaissance

Erik Broekhuizen

23 Jun 2017: Refining margins are strong and utilization rates are high in most of the major refining regions…

Abdullah Alazzaz

LNG Storage

Abdullah Alazzaz

20 June 2017 : Traditionally, LNG storage is used to smooth temporary supply-demand imbalances and protect end users from short-term…

Erik Broekhuizen

Calgary Stampede On Hold

Erik Broekhuizen

16 Jun 2017: The Canadian oil industry has been hit hard by the combination of rising shale oil production in…

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