One of the headlines in the international press in recent weeks has been the surge in US crude exports to
The Canadian government has long harboured the ambition to be able to export crude without the need to rely almost
This week’s non-binding independence vote in Iraqi Kurdistan may do little to change the semi-autonomous region’s crude output in
Over the past couple of years the tanker industry has witnessed major fluctuations in Worldscale flat rates. On long haul
North Sea oil producers have been somewhat revitalised during 2017. As Gibson reported earlier this year, OPEC led production cuts
VLCC floating storage has been an important feature of our industry in recent years. While Iranian nuclear sanctions were in
At the start of August, Kuwait dispatched the first shipment of crude to the recently completed 200,000 b/d refinery at
2017 has seen a notable increase in unplanned refinery outages, which has naturally had an impact on the product tanker
Early this month, figures confirmed the rise of China as the world’s largest importer of crude oil ahead of the
Last September one of our reports focused on the prospects for higher demolition activity for tankers on the back of