ExxonMobil to Buy into Area 4 as Mozambique Projects Advance
25 January 2017: ExxonMobil is expected to become operator of Mozambique’s giant Area 4, with a 25% stake in…
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Business Intelligence Products
Qatar Petroleum to Merge RasGas, Qatargas Operating Companies
Qatar Petroleum is merging the RasGas and Qatargas operating companies under a single entity – Qatargas. The merger is…
LNG-to-Power Projects Complement, Compete with Renewable Projects
11 January 2016: The LNG industry is counting on new demand from emerging markets to soak up some of the…
Media Mentions
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,…
Riviera Maritime Media: Will OPEC’s cuts trigger NOPEC?
October 11, 2022
Poten & Partners’ analysis looks at the potential unintended consequences of OPEC’s oil…
Events
Tanker Opinions
Tanker Midterms
June 28 2019: We have reached the middle of the year, so it is time to take stock of…
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…
LNG & Natural Gas Opinions
Weekly Asphalt Headlines
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
3 Apr 2020
- East Coast retail asphalt pricing declined, with flux prices mostly unchanged.
- Asphalt and flux barge prices are lower…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
27 Mar 2020
- East Coast retail asphalt pricing eased in some areas, with flux prices unchanged. …
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
20 Mar 2020
- East Coast rack activity is increasing, with some retail asphalt pricing lower – flux prices…
