Top Dollar for the Bottom of the Barrel
The cost of bunker fuel has always been a central component of determining a tanker’s earnings, and in recent…
Tanker Opinions
No Country for Oil Men
In March, Henry A. Waxman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Edward J. Markey of the Energy and…
Amped for Electric
A smiley‐faced electrical socket stood in for the zero on a banner announcing…
Proposing to Iran
The building tension within the borders of Iran is creating a challenge for…
California Dreaming
The California State Assembly has managed to fend off an attempt by a private offshore oil production and exploration…
Power in Numbers
As if an extension of the arm of US bureaucracy, the tanker market is slugging along relentlessly with freight…
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
In recent weeks, Iraq has made headlines again; however this time not because of casualties, war or civil strife. …
Walking the Plank
As we have been painfully aware for several months, piracy off the coast of Somalia has been on the…
Restraining Order
After duking it out with the economy in the second half of 2008, the tanker and dry bulk market…
The Big Picture: 2009 BP Statistical Review of World Energy
In the Statistical Review of World Energy 2009, BP provides a long term…
Hope Floats
Crude oil has never proven to be a dull commodity especially for those entangled in its web of commerce….
