Showing posts with label oil shipping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oil shipping. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Jussi tuhdittanut pussejaan tuhmin toimin?

Shipping magnate Fredriksen in eye of storm

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Tuesday traders James Dyer of Oklahoma's Parnon Energy, and Nick Wildgoose of Europe-based Arcadia Energy, amassed large physical positions at a key U.S. trading hub to create the impression of tight supplies that would boost oil prices.

Later they dumped those barrels back onto the market, causing prices to crash and racking up profits from short positions they had accrued in futures markets, the suit said.

Both companies are controlled by Fredriksen's Farahead Holdings, based in Cyprus. Sought for comment on Tuesday, officials at Arcadia and Parnon did not return phone calls. Wildgoose, Dyer and Fredriksen were not immediately reachable.


Frontti julkaisi ensimmäisen neljänneksen tuloksen tänään, joka oli kertaerien ansiosta plussalla; ilman niitä 6 miljoonaa miinuksella. FRO:n osake kyykkäsi rajusti Oslossa(-11%) ilmeisesti heikon tuloksen, Tröimin tankkerimarkkinanäkemyksien(tuska kasvaa ennen kuin markkinat kääntyvät) sekä tämän CFTC-tutkinnan vuoksi.

Frontlinen VLCC:t näyttäisivät kyntävän meriä tällä hetkellä juuri ja juuri break-evenin yläpuolella, mutta Suezmaxit ovat tappiolla.

Jollakin norjalaisella analyytikolla oli muistaakseni FRO:lle 10 kruunun tavoitehinta. Tuo vaikuttaa hieman liian pessimistiseltä, mutta itse en kyllä ole näissä oloissa valmis longaamaan yhtään tankkeri-yhtiötä.

Tuo trading-yhtiö Arcadia omistaa muistaakseni myös exploration-lisenssejä eri puolilla maailmaa.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Jotain

North Energy seeks exploration cash

Siis uusi explooraaja Oslon listoille

US Geological Service: Orinoco Oil Reserves Total 513Bln Barrels

U.K. Firms Mobilize in New Falklands Foray

Israeli trio scent Dead Sea oil

Raising the Outlook for Oil Tankers(BNN-video)

Vantage Drilling Company Announces Letter of Award for Ultra-Premium Jackup Topaz Driller

Tämä on parin viikon takaa. Dr vajaat $125 000, ei tosin mainintaa mobilisaation maksajasta.

LISÄÄ 26.01.2010:

Kea Petroleum to List on AIM to Fund Exploration
"Kea Petroleum Plc, a newly-formed oil and gas exploration business focusing on New Zealand, plans to raise about 6 million pounds ($9.7 million) by selling shares on London’s Alternative Investment Market..."

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Otsikoit

Total Canada chief says oilsands need pricier oil

Pengrowth boosts Horn River stake

Supertankers May Halt Oil Trading, Frontline Says

STX Europe Awarded Contract on New Eco-friendly Design in Brazil
"STX Europe has been awarded a contract with Deep Sea Supply for design and building of a Platform Supply Vessel. The new PSV 09 CD design, optimized for eco-drive in all weather conditions, is designed by STX Europe in Ålesund, Norway. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in Q1 2012, and will be built at STX Europe in Brazil."

Yksi Fredriksenin yhtiö on siis lähtenyt mukaan Petrobrasin(Brasilian valtion) "Made in Brazil"-hankkeeseen.

Companies bet big on South Texas gas find
"...While the Eagle Ford is among the smallest of the group, with some 19 trillion cubic feet of natural gas remaining, the economics is among the best, the firm said.

Producers in the Eagle Ford can break even when natural gas is priced as low as $3.88 per million British thermal units, the firm said, versus break-even prices of $5.18 in the Barnett, $3.74 in the Marcellus and $4.49 in the Haynesville..."


Shell: North American Natural Gas Production Will Grow

"Though gas prices are now very low, Mr. Odum said in a Monday interview with The Wall Street Journal, Shell believes long-term prices will recover, justifying the company's interest."

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Ship Owners Forced to Pay to Carry Middle East Oil

Hellenic Shipping News
"Ship owners are being forced to pay to carry oil from the Middle East to the U.S. for the first time in at least a decade after demand collapsed and the fleet expanded. Supertanker owners make no rental income from the voyages and are paying $3,445 a day toward fuel costs, data from the Baltic Exchange in London show. Rental rates normally cover fuel costs . The journey to the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port from Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia’s largest export facility, earned owners as much as $104,663 a day in July..."


CM Market Bulletin

VLCC
A quiet week with little fresh enquiry from MEG and rates now slipped ex-West Africa, owners struggling to find any positive signs in the market and charterers just sitting back in no rush to fix.

Suezmax
A modest amount of activity but with a tonnage list a mile long rates were unable to make any significant gain.

Panamax
1. CARIBS - A good amount of activity this week but any sustainable gain in rates seems unlikely. Expect rates to remain soft next week.

2. FAR EAST- There are plenty modern vessels available off Singapore, and very little requirement to even keep the voyage calculator ticking over. There were various fuel oil tenders closing during the week, but still a large proportion of the players in these control tonnage that they will look to protect first, before showing to the spot market. Current market assessment for Indo/North is at ws70 level


Tanker stock moves during the last 5 days:

Frontline: +7.75%
General Maritime: -0.82%
Knightsbridge Tankers: +25%
Nordic American Tanker: +8%
Tsakos Energy Navigation +18.66%