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Monday, December 17, 2018
offshore oil and gas rig
Shipping News

Zinke’s Departure Puts U.S. Interior in Hands of Former Oil Lobbyist

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — A former lobbyist who has played a leading, behind-the-scenes role at the Interior Department driving Trump

December 17, 2018
Total Views: 18

Friday, December 14, 2018
offshore wind farm
Shipping News

Offshore Wind Bonanza Draws Bidding War in Record-Setting Sale

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — Companies competed Thursday for the opportunity to install wind turbines in Atlantic waters off Massachusetts in an

December 14, 2018
Total Views: 69

Thursday, December 13, 2018
offshore oil and gas rig
Shipping News

Climate Risk Report Warns of Falling Norwegian Offshore Values

By Mikael Holter (Bloomberg) — A key climate report commissioned by the Norwegian government warned that climate change could hurt the value of its

December 13, 2018
Total Views: 22

cosco shipping
Ports

Blackstone, KKR Said to Pursue $1 Billion Container Terminal in Long Beach

By Gillian Tan and Vinicy Chan (Bloomberg) — Cosco Shipping Holdings Co.’s sale of a container terminal in Long Beach, California has drawn interest

December 13, 2018
Total Views: 157

Tuesday, December 11, 2018
vlcc tanker
Shipping News

Oil Tanker Owners Find Solace in Shale as OPEC Prepares New Cuts

By Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) — America’s shale boom could be about to spare the world’s oil tanker owners from a typical OPEC ravaging.

December 11, 2018
Total Views: 82

Monday, December 10, 2018
lng carrier
Shipping News

Huawei Arrest Keeps U.S.-China LNG Spat Alive, Developer Says

By Naureen S. Malik (Bloomberg) — The arrest of a top Chinese technology executive means the tariff war that ensnared liquefied natural gas may not have

December 10, 2018
Total Views: 28

Thursday, December 6, 2018
tanker at sea
Shipping News

VLCC Exports Picking Up at Louisiana Offshore Oil Port

By Sheela Tobben (Bloomberg) — The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port is pushing out the most crude it’s shipped in any one month since the terminal

December 6, 2018
Total Views: 21

tanker aerial
Interesting

U.S. Becomes Net Oil Exporter for First Time in 75 Years, If Only Briefly

By Javier Blas (Bloomberg) — America turned into a net oil exporter last week, breaking 75 years of continued dependence on foreign oil and marking a

December 6, 2018
Total Views: 35

bulk carrier ballast water
Shipping News

Trade Truce or Not, U.S. Soy And LNG Look Unappetizing Now for China

By Stephen Stapczynski, Alfred Cang and Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — China may be girding itself to buy more U.S. gas and soybeans amid easing

December 6, 2018
Total Views: 19

Tuesday, December 4, 2018
offshore wind farm
Shipping News

Germany May Boost Offshore Wind Auction Capacity 33% by 2030

By Brian Parkin (Bloomberg) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is bowing to industry pressure to boost Germany’s offshore wind capacity, already

December 4, 2018
Total Views: 17

Monday, December 3, 2018
shipping container
Shipping News

U.S.-China Trade Truce a Provisional Shot in Arm for Global Economy

By Enda Curran (Bloomberg) — The U.S. and China trade war truce is a clear boost for slowing global growth. Most economists had already factored into

December 3, 2018
Total Views: 16

Sunday, December 2, 2018
george h.w. bush
Shipping News

George H.W. Bush, Navy Veteran, Oilman and Former U.S. President, Dies at 94

By Laurence Arnold(Bloomberg) — George H.W. Bush, the U.S. president who fashioned a restrained response to the Soviet Union’s collapse and

December 2, 2018
Total Views: 89

Saturday, December 1, 2018
tankers at anchor
Shipping News

Shale Gluts and Ship Rules Make Heavy Sweet Oil an Unlikely Star

By Serene Cheong and Dan Murtaugh (Bloomberg) — There’s a rising star in the oil world, and it’s heavy and sweet. Dense, low-sulfur oil,

December 1, 2018
Total Views: 34

Friday, November 30, 2018
HawkEye 360 satellite
Shipping News

SpaceX Rocket Carries New Cubed Satellites That Will Hunt ‘Dark Ships’

By Kyle Stock (Bloomberg) — If all goes as planned with the scheduled SpaceX launch Sunday, a startup called HawkEye 360 will have a trio of satellites

November 30, 2018
Total Views: 125

seismic survey vessel
Offshore

Trump Said to Advance Seismic Surveys for Oil in Atlantic

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — The Trump administration is taking a major step toward allowing a first-in-a-generation seismic search for oil and

November 30, 2018
Total Views: 47

Thursday, November 29, 2018
containership ship bunkering
Shipping News

Could Your Used Vegetable Oil Be Used to Power World Trade?

By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — A Danish shipping company is planning to use waste vegetable oil to power its fleet, the latest in a list of fuel

November 29, 2018
Total Views: 24

Tuesday, November 27, 2018
bulk ship in egypt
Shipping News

Chokepoint Blockade Exposes Supply Risk for Black Sea Grain

By Alfred Cang and Anatoly Medetsky (Bloomberg) — While grain markets may yet shrug off Russia’s blockade of a shipping chokepoint in the Black Sea

November 27, 2018
Total Views: 59

Stock photo of an lng carrier at sunset
Shipping News

LNG Contango? Floating Storage Shows LNG Market Becoming More Like Oil

By Anna Shiryaevskaya (Bloomberg) — Some liquefied natural gas sellers aren’t in a rush to deliver their multimillion-dollar cargoes. With

November 27, 2018
Total Views: 89

Sunday, November 25, 2018
BP Sees First Clair Ridge Oil Helping to Double North Sea Output
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BP Sees First Clair Ridge Oil Helping to Double North Sea Output

By Kelly Gilblom (Bloomberg) — BP Plc has seen first oil from its giant Clair Ridge development in the North Sea, helping arrest decades of

November 25, 2018
Total Views: 84

lng ship bunkering in fog
Shipping News

Shale Boom Raises Specter of New Glut: Gulf Coast Oil Terminals

By Catherine Ngai (Bloomberg) — The race to export U.S. shale oil overseas is about to get fierce, with at least nine proposed terminals

November 25, 2018
Total Views: 34