Buyers in 2016 Signed Deals for Large Volumes at Low Prices
02 March 2017: “With Brent prices at their lowest since 2004 and slopes for oil-linked contracts falling, LNG buyers…
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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…
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…
Media Mentions
TradeWinds News: Growth of ‘dark fleet’ could push Russia to riskier tankers, analyst says
November 5, 2022
Tanker broker Poten & Partners has raised safety concerns over the likelihood that…
Financial Times: ‘One hand washes the other’: grain deal shines light on Erdoğan’s ties to Putin
November 8, 2022
It imports about half of the natural gas it uses from Russia, and…
S&P Global Platts: Persian Gulf-Japan VLGC rates soar to highest in nearly 2 years, with more upside seen
November 4, 2022
Shantanu Bhushan, senior consultant with Poten & Partners LPG/NGL Consulting said the trend…
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Tanker Opinions
Refinery Resurrection
27 Sep 2019: St. Croix Refinery Restart Will Impact Crude and Product Flows
By the end of 2019, Limetree Bay Refining…
Quick Recovery For Saudi Oil Exports?
20 Sep 2019: Initial Impact on Tanker Rates is Mixed
On September 14, 2019, the Abqaiq crude oil processing plant,…
Preliminary Thoughts on the Attacks on Saudi Oil Facilities
16 Sep 2019: Oil Prices and Tanker Rates are Significantly Higher. Berthing has Resumed in Ras Tanura, After Being Interrupted…
LNG & Natural Gas Opinions
Weekly Asphalt Headlines
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
26 June 2020
- East Coast retail asphalt prices eased in some areas with flux retail pricing unchanged.
- Asphalt barge and flux…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
19 June 2020
- East Coast retail asphalt prices moved lower in many areas with flux retail pricing flat.
- Asphalt barge prices…
Asphalt Weekly Monitor
12 June 2020
- East Coast retail asphalt prices eased in some areas with flux retail pricing unchanged.
- Asphalt barge prices slip…
