March Madness is upon us. For today, at least, your brackets are perfect and it won’t be long before they are busted. If you are an alum of Wagner, Howard, Stetson or Longwood then now’s your chance to go mental. If you’re a Seton Hall fan, you’re all sad. Let us not forget that the NCAA wrestling finals will […]
In today’s episode we outline the current Freight market with our guest Guest Michael Ryan of Sparta Commodities. Michael is the Freight Owner for Sparta Commodities. In this Episode, Michael shares his thoughts on geographical arbs, Tanker Rate outlook, and geopolitical impacts on shipping flows. Thanks for listening and feel free to check out The […]
Greetings from Grapevine, TX…..it was great to see the gaggle of midstream and downstream aficionados running around and getting lost like chickens with no heads at the Gaylord hotel. It was great to mix it up with the bent elbows as they not so humbly and endlessly wassailed about their refining and trading accomplishments of 2023. Kudos […]
Today’s Guest on Tank Talk is Gus Vasquez with Argus. Gus is the Americas Editorial Manager for Crude and LPG at Argus. In this episode we discuss the Transmountain Pipeline opening and the ramifications on crude oil markets.
Today’s Guest on Tank Talk is Tim Evans. Tim is a former Oil Analyst for Citi and now currently has a daily commentary service called Evans on Energy. In this episode we discuss Gasoline current’s market structure and the traditional seasonality.
For those of you who had yesterday off, we hope you enjoyed the long weekend in honor of Presidents Day. If you don’t know why we had the day off, perhaps these important facts will provide pause for some magnanimous reflection: James Madison (1809-1817): Madison was the shortest president at 5’4” and weighed barely over […]
Our Guest on the show is Rick Marriner CEO of Reliance USA & board member at Standard Soil. Rick has had a long career with a background as a trader at large Oil Majors Shell & Motiva. In this Episode, Rick explains the future landscape for renewable fuels & the tricks of trade for a […]
Read moreIn this Episode we continue our theme from last week of the power of data in oil trading space. Today’s Guest on Tank Talk is Dr. Florian Thaler, Head of OilX at Energy Aspects. Prior to OilX, Florian worked at oil major Shell in Hamburg and London in various oil analytics roles before moving to […]
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Once again we are preparing to see the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers next Sunday. It was only 4 years ago where we saw the same matchup in Miami when fragile Jimmy G and the Niners had the lead with less than 3 minutes to go but Patrick Mahomes led the Chiefs […]
There is really big news in the midstream space. Yesterday, Sunoco LP and NuStar Energy L.P. announced that the parties have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Sunoco will acquire NuStar in an all-equity transaction valued at approximately $7.3 billion. About 12 years ago, Sunoco sold off the last of its refineries and essentially self-liquidated into a […]
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