IT Admin China’s Teapot Refineries Face Regulatory Challenges IT Admin China’s independent petroleum refining industry comprises an estimated one-fifth of the nation’s nameplate capacity – or some 2 mbpd…. Read More
IT Admin California Gasoline Situation Stabilises IT Admin Following a 50-cent per gallon spike that sent California retail gasoline prices to record levels and as high as… Read More
IT Admin A Product Tanker Investment Hypothesis, Overextended IT Admin Today’s release of the long-awaited Medium-term Oil Market Report (MTOMR) by the International Energy Agency (IEA) featured a more… Read More
IT Admin Slowing Fleet Growth Makes a Reappearance IT Admin Although the current macroeconomic environment is weighing on both the dirty and clean tanker sectors, the earnings performance of… Read More
IT Admin British Columbia Frontrunner Cedes Mantle to Rivals IT Admin British Columbia Premier Christy Clark predicted during an economic summit held in China this month that the Kitimat LNG… Read More
IT Admin Oversupplied Suezmaxes Fight for Market Share IT Admin Facing rapid fleet growth and limited organic volume from its traditional load regions, Suezmaxes have had to fight for… Read More
IT Admin Mexican Oil Production Stabilises IT Admin Mexico’s state oil monopoly, Pemex, announced today that the company produced 2.550 mbpd of crude oil in August, compared… Read More
IT Admin Rising Oil Market Uncertainty Surrounds Tanker Market IT Admin The recent Oil Market Report (OMR) from the International Energy Agency (IEA) was unremarkable in its lack of revisions… Read More
IT Admin Tightening European Diesel Market yet to Stimulate MR Demand IT Admin A series of refinery outages in the Atlantic Basin and anticipated seasonal maintenance have sharply tightened regional gasoil balances… Read More
IT Admin Tanker Optimism Must Wait for Macro Improvement IT Admin Like tanker company earnings reports, the Poten Weekly Tanker Opinion has made for grim reading in recent weeks, with… Read More
IT Admin Japan’s Anti-Nuclear Drive Gains Momentum IT Admin Despite the restart of two units at Kansai Electric’s Ohi facility last month, prospects for Japan’s other 48 nuclear… Read More
IT Admin Tanker Earnings and the Value of a Third Special Survey IT Admin Miserable dirty tanker earnings and strong marine fuel prices are placing unrelenting pressure on tanker owners. With the dirty… Read More