Golar Proposes First Floating LNG Conversion
Norway’s Golar LNG, owned by shipping magnate John Fredriksen, announced this month that it planned to convert up to…
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King Coal: A Revived Threat To Europe’s Gas Market
The impact of the shale gas revolution in the US is rippling across international energy markets. Its direct effect…
British Columbia Frontrunner Cedes Mantle to Rivals
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark predicted during an economic summit held in China this month that the Kitimat LNG…
Media Mentions
S&P Global Platts: Russia likely to struggle to find enough tankers to evade G7 oil price cap
October 25, 2022
“Russia has been forced to look for alternative customers,” shipbroker Poten & Partners…
TradeWinds News: VLCC rates surge 19% in a day to reach 28-month high
October 18, 2022
New York shipbroker Poten & Partners reported that average time-charter equivalent (TCE) earnings for a 270,000-dwt VLCC…
TradeWinds News: West Africa unlikely to fill void left by EU ban on Russian crude imports, says Poten
October 17, 2022
Key reasons are a combination of declining production and renewed competition from China,…
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Tanker Opinions
Refinery Fire Sparks Tanker Rally
June 21 2019: U.S. oil industry news is usually dominated by reporting on shale oil, Permian crude production and…
Tanker Wars 2.0?
June 14 2019: Two oil tankers, the 110,000 dwt LR2 Front Altair (built 2016) and the 27,000 dwt product…
Dark Clouds or Silver Lining?
June 7 2019: Until recently, the consensus view on crude prices, oil supply and demand as well as tanker rates,…
LNG & Natural Gas Opinions
Weekly Asphalt Headlines
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
1 May 2020
- East Coast retail asphalt pricing declines in some areas, with flux pricing steady.
- Some asphalt barge prices are…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
24 Apr 2020
- East Coast retail asphalt and flux pricing decline in many areas for the week.
- Asphalt and flux barge…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
17 Apr 2020
- East Coast retail asphalt and flux pricing mostly steady, but some areas have lower pricing.
- Asphalt barge prices…
