Industry Opinions

Although estimates of how long repair work will last are better left until Motiva completes its inspection assessments, guesses…

Six weeks ago, we observed that a surprise US crude inventory build was consistent with seasonal patterns, risk aversion…

The rapid growth of Chinese oil product demand, refining capacity and crude imports has been a supportive feature of…

At first glance, crude oil import data for PADD 1 (representing the US East Coast) might suggest that volumes…

Panamax spot earnings in the Atlantic basin have been climbing consistently over the past month, especially for Panamaxes trading…

After providing 2.8 mbpd of incremental liquids supply during 2004-09, production growth in the former Soviet Union (FSU) slowed…

For the past ten years, China has been a reliable source of bullish macroeconomic indicators across many sectors, although…

In this week’s Petroleum Status Report, the US Energy Intelligence Agency (EIA) reported that US commercial crude inventories rose…

Theeey’re baaack. Atlantic Basin refineries that the market had relegated to the graveyard of unfit plants in an expanding…