OPEC Remains Opaque
August 8th, 2025:Quotas are up, but actual production and exports are lagging
OPEC crude oil production and, in particular the…
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Tanker Opinions
Poten & Partners tanker research and consulting group monitors and analyzes tanker market and energy developments around the world and advises companies on strategy development and implementation. Below you will find our team’s Weekly Tanker Opinions. To subscribe, click here.
Erik Broekhuizen
Who Does The Heavy Lifting?
Erik Broekhuizen
August 1st, 2025:Canada and Venezuela reshuffle heavy crude flows
Crude oil flows in and around the United States are changing,…
Erik Broekhuizen
Don’t Frack For Me Argentina
Erik Broekhuizen
July 25th, 2025:A new shale oil powerhouse is in the making
For more than a decade now, we have been…
Erik Broekhuizen
Tanker Midterms – 2025 Edition
Erik Broekhuizen
July 11th, 2025:Top Reported Dirty Spot Charterers for 1H 2025*
Six months into 2025, we’ll take stock again of the…
Erik Broekhuizen
Try, Try, Try and Try Again
Erik Broekhuizen
July 18th, 2025:Will the latest EU sanctions package make the difference?
Today, on Friday, July 18, the EU adopted its…
Erik Broekhuizen
From Scrapping To Recycling
Erik Broekhuizen
June 27th, 2025:Ship recycling enters a new era
Yesterday, on 26 June 2025, the Hong Kong International Convention for the…
Erik Broekhuizen
More Barrels From Brazil
Erik Broekhuizen
June 20th, 2025:Production and export growth will lift tanker demand
Brazil is by far the largest crude oil producer in…
Erik Broekhuizen
Operation Rising Lion
Erik Broekhuizen
June 13th, 2025:Israel launches an attack on Iran
In the early hours of Friday, June 13, Israel launched several waves…
Erik Broekhuizen
Refining Continues Moving East
Erik Broekhuizen
June 6th, 2025:The impact of a shifting refinery landscape
Last week, we focused on the increasingly challenging refining situation on…
Erik Broekhuizen
Another One Bites The Dust
Erik Broekhuizen
May 30th, 2025:Product carriers gain from another California refinery closure
Last year, we wrote a Tanker Opinion titled “Another Refinery…
Erik Broekhuizen
The End Of An Era?
Erik Broekhuizen
May 23rd, 2025:U.S. crude oil exports have reached a plateau
Ever since President Obama lifted the 41-year-old U.S. crude oil…
Erik Broekhuizen
The Art Of The Iran Nuclear Deal
Erik Broekhuizen
May 16th, 2025:How would the tanker market respond to a new deal?
In recent days there has been increased chatter…
