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Thursday, May 28, 2020
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Maritime News

Flurry of U.S. Crude Export Fixtures Signals Demand Recovery

By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK, May 28 (Reuters) – A flurry of tentative bookings to export U.S. crude oil from the Gulf Coast suggests demand is

May 28, 2020
Total Views: 20

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Maritime News

China, India Soak Up Oil From Floating Storage as Demand Recovers

By Shu Zhang and Florence Tan SINGAPORE, May 28 (Reuters) – The volume of crude stored on ships in Asia has come off the peaks seen earlier this month

May 28, 2020
Total Views: 41

Wednesday, May 27, 2020
offshore oil rig
Offshore

Chevron Planning to Cut Up to 15% of Workforce

By Kevin Crowley and Rachel Adams-Heard (Bloomberg) –Chevron Corp. is planning a 10% to 15% reduction in its global workforce this year, the biggest cut

May 27, 2020
Total Views: 31

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Oil tanker in Ningbo Zhoushan port
Maritime News

Oil Rallies With Producers Showing Confidence by Hiking Prices

By Olivia Raimonde and Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — Oil’s recovery from its historic crash last month is barreling ahead, with some OPEC producers

May 26, 2020
Total Views: 29

Monday, May 25, 2020
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Maritime News

The World’s Smartest Oil Traders Have Taken to the Seas

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg Opinion) –The waters off the South African oil storage terminal at Saldanha Bay are getting busy. A small flotilla of tankers

May 25, 2020
Total Views: 106

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
tanker at sea
Maritime News

Alaskan, Canadian Crude Sent to China as Demand Recovers

By Robert Tuttle (Bloomberg) –Canadian and Alaskan crude that normally travels to the U.S. West Coast is finding a market in China, where demand is

May 20, 2020
Total Views: 64

Monday, May 18, 2020
Stock photo shows an oil tanker at a terminal
Offshore

Oil Rises to Two-Month High Amid Demand Recovery

(Bloomberg) — Oil rose to levels not seen since Covid-19 lockdowns paralyzed the world’s largest economy, lifted by signs of recovering demand and

May 18, 2020
Total Views: 16

Friday, May 15, 2020
oil tanker
Maritime News

Tanker Movements Reveal China’s Splurge on Cheap Crude

By Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) –Chinese oil traders know bargain crude prices when they see them. That, at least, is one conclusion from the movements of

May 15, 2020
Total Views: 61

Thursday, May 7, 2020
tanker deck
Maritime News

Tankers Round the Cape as Glut Snarls Ports

By Brian Wingfield, Jack Wittels and Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) — When the supertanker New Vigorous arrived at the port of Antifer in northern France

May 7, 2020
Total Views: 183

Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Oil Snaps 5-Day Rally With Supply Glut Eclipsing Demand Recovery
Maritime News

Oil Snaps 5-Day Rally With Supply Glut Eclipsing Demand Recovery

By Olivia Raimonde (Bloomberg) — Oil snapped a five-day rally as a persistent supply glut outweighed signs of recovering U.S. fuel demand. Futures in

May 6, 2020
Total Views: 21

Monday, May 4, 2020
Offshore Oil Platform
News

Global Oil Demand Starts a Long, Painful and Uncertain Recovery

By Javier Blas (Bloomberg) — Few have a better watchtower over oil demand than Joe Gorder, chief executive officer of major U.S. refiner Valero Energy

May 4, 2020
Total Views: 29

Friday, May 1, 2020
oil tanker
Maritime News

Tanker Rates Crash as OPEC+ Cuts Near. Tanker Owners Reman Bullish

By Firat Kayakiran (Bloomberg) — Oil tanker rates are crashing as a pact to limit global crude production begins. Don’t bet on the rout enduring. From

May 1, 2020
Total Views: 46

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
tanker at sea
Maritime News

Saudi Oil Flotilla Faces Congested U.S. Ports

By Stephen Cunningham and Robert Tuttle (Bloomberg) — A fleet of supertankers carrying Saudi oil will add to the growing congestion at U.S. ports in

April 29, 2020
Total Views: 54

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Maritime News

Saudi Crude Buyers Cancel at Least 7 Supertankers After Freight Hike – Sources

LONDON, April 29 (Reuters) – U.S. buyers of Saudi Arabian crude oil cancelled at least seven April-loading tankers after a jump in freight costs, two

April 29, 2020
Total Views: 41

Sunday, April 26, 2020
offshore rig north sea
News

Diamond Offshore Files for Bankruptcy Amid Historic Crude Crash

By David Wethe and Jeremy Hill (Bloomberg) — Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., the rig contractor controlled by Loews Corp., filed for bankruptcy amid an

April 26, 2020
Total Views: 38

Friday, April 24, 2020
Oil Buoyed by Production Cuts to End Historic Week
Maritime News

Oil Buoyed by Production Cuts to End Historic Week

By Olivia Raimonde (Bloomberg) — Oil edged lower for the week after paring losses following the dramatic collapse on Monday that saw prices in New York

April 24, 2020
Total Views: 15

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Maritime News

Oil Market So Glutted Traders Use Tiny Barges to Store Fuels

By Ronan Martin and Jack Wittels (Bloomberg) — The oil market is getting so glutted that tiny barges that would normally be busily moving fuels

April 24, 2020
Total Views: 49

Thursday, April 23, 2020
Stock photo shows an oil tanker at a terminal
Maritime News

Forced to Store Fuel at Sea, Oil Refiners at Breaking Point

By Jack Wittels, Firat Kayakiran and Javier Blas (Bloomberg) — Oil refiners are hunting for vessels to store jet-fuel and gasoline that nobody is

April 23, 2020
Total Views: 69

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Traders Chase Storage Space in World Awash with Oil
Maritime News

Traders Chase Storage Space in World Awash with Oil

By Ron Bousso, Stephanie Kelly and Laura Sanicola LONDON/NEW YORK, April 22 (Reuters) – Oil traders are struggling to find enough ships, railcars,

April 22, 2020
Total Views: 32

tanker at sea
Maritime News

Saudi Arabia May Re-Route Tankers if U.S. Imposes Crude Import Ban

By Jonathan Saul, Devika Krishna Kumar and Olga Yagova LONDON/NEW YORK/MOSCOW, April 22 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is exploring re-routing millions of

April 22, 2020
Total Views: 32
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