Shippers of containerized goods were caught off guard this year. Never before had container spot rates risen so far, so fast. But shippers of liquid and dry bulk commodities know such cost swings all too well. When bulk commodity transport demand exceeds supply, shipping spot rates can keep rising until cargo shippers’ profit margins are...Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia Doubles Down On Asian Demand | OilPrice.com Gerald Jansen Gerald is an independent freelance energy analyst based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. More Info Premium Content By Gerald Jansen – Dec 27, 2021, 6:00 AM CST Having decided to maintain the 400,000 b/d monthly increments despite demand concerns, Saudi Aramco set the pricing stage...Continue Reading
Big Money Is Eyeing Metals Over Oil As Mining Assets Soar | OilPrice.com Alex Kimani Alex Kimani is a veteran finance writer, investor, engineer and researcher for Safehaven.com. More Info Premium Content By Alex Kimani – Dec 26, 2021, 4:00 PM CST The days when big miners like BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP), Rio Tinto (OTCPK:RTPPF) and...Continue Reading
Cocaine, Guns And Gushers: Colombia’s Oil Industry Struggles To Reactivate | OilPrice.com Matthew Smith Matthew Smith is Oilprice.com’s Latin-America correspondent. Matthew is a veteran investor and investment management professional. He obtained a Master of Law degree and is currently located… More Info Premium Content By Matthew Smith – Dec 26, 2021, 1:00 PM CST Rising security...Continue Reading
Waste Disposal Back In The Spotlight As America Ramps Up Nuclear Sector | OilPrice.com Felicity Bradstock Felicity Bradstock is a freelance writer specialising in Energy and Finance. She has a Master’s in International Development from the University of Birmingham, UK. More Info Premium Content By Felicity Bradstock – Dec 26, 2021, 10:00 AM CST The...Continue Reading
Southeast Asia’s Oil And Gas Output May Never Recover To Pre-COVID Levels | OilPrice.com Rystad Energy Rystad Energy is an independent oil and gas consulting services and business intelligence data firm offering global databases, strategy consulting and research products. Rystad Energy’s… More Info Premium Content By Rystad Energy – Dec 25, 2021, 3:00 PM CST...Continue Reading
U.S. Looks To Ease Tensions With Russia | OilPrice.com RFE/RL staff RFE/RL journalists report the news in 21 countries where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established. We provide what many… More Info Premium Content By RFE/RL staff – Dec 25, 2021, 12:00 PM CST The U.S. and Russia are...Continue Reading
Brazil Rushes Ahead With Key Oil Projects As Prices Remain Elevated | OilPrice.com Felicity Bradstock Felicity Bradstock is a freelance writer specialising in Energy and Finance. She has a Master’s in International Development from the University of Birmingham, UK. More Info Premium Content By Felicity Bradstock – Dec 24, 2021, 5:00 PM CST Petrobras is...Continue Reading
U.S. Exchanges Eye Indian Tech And Energy As Chinese Companies Get The Boot | OilPrice.com ZeroHedge The leading economics blog online covering financial issues, geopolitics and trading. More Info Premium Content By ZeroHedge – Dec 24, 2021, 12:00 PM CST The outlook for US IPOs from Chinese companies has soured in the past few months...Continue Reading
Europe’s energy crisis worsened this week when Kosovo introduced rolling blackouts to most of its two million citizens, according to Bloomberg. On Thursday, the Kosovo Energy Distribution Services (KEDS) announced rolling two-hour power blackouts for 2 million people due to an “overload” of its electrical grid. KEDS asked customers to reduce power given “insufficient internal generation to...Continue Reading
