Recovering Chinese Data Supporting Oil Imports
As China’s new fifth generation leaders were announced to their public this week, a wave of encouraging assessments of…
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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.
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Post-Sandy Focus Shifting to Distillate Markets
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With the New York City area facing severe shortages of gasoline following Hurricane Sandy — featuring the unwanted 1970s…
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Hurricane Sandy Reverberates throughout Oil Supply Chain
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Hurricane Sandy captured headlines during the past week, and her effects will be felt throughout the Northeastern United States…
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China’s Teapot Refineries Face Regulatory Challenges
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China’s independent petroleum refining industry comprises an estimated one-fifth of the nation’s nameplate capacity – or some 2 mbpd….
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California Gasoline Situation Stabilises
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Following a 50-cent per gallon spike that sent California retail gasoline prices to record levels and as high as…
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A Product Tanker Investment Hypothesis, Overextended
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Today’s release of the long-awaited Medium-term Oil Market Report (MTOMR) by the International Energy Agency (IEA) featured a more…
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Slowing Fleet Growth Makes a Reappearance
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Although the current macroeconomic environment is weighing on both the dirty and clean tanker sectors, the earnings performance of…
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Oversupplied Suezmaxes Fight for Market Share
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Facing rapid fleet growth and limited organic volume from its traditional load regions, Suezmaxes have had to fight for…
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Mexican Oil Production Stabilises
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Mexico’s state oil monopoly, Pemex, announced today that the company produced 2.550 mbpd of crude oil in August, compared…
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Rising Oil Market Uncertainty Surrounds Tanker Market
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The recent Oil Market Report (OMR) from the International Energy Agency (IEA) was unremarkable in its lack of revisions…
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Tightening European Diesel Market yet to Stimulate MR Demand
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A series of refinery outages in the Atlantic Basin and anticipated seasonal maintenance have sharply tightened regional gasoil balances…
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Tanker Optimism Must Wait for Macro Improvement
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Like tanker company earnings reports, the Poten Weekly Tanker Opinion has made for grim reading in recent weeks, with…
