Wednesday, November 19, 2008 
Omega Navigation boosts results with charterer profit-sharing agreements (Lloyd's List)   Volatile oil price lures FFA traders back to market (Lloyd's List)
Regional trends lead to mixed fortunes for aframaxes (Lloyd's List)   Keppel wins conversion and rig upgrade contracts (Lloyd's List)
What's Bad for Petrobras Is Bad for Brazil: Alexandre Marinis (Bloomberg)   Pirates Ransom Saudi Vessel; Three Ships Seized (Bloomberg)
Oil Falls to 22-Month Low on Forecast U.S. Stockpiles Expanded (Bloomberg)   S.Korea: 150 Small Shipbuilders Face Bankruptcy (Korea Times)
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 
Ocean Tankers predicts $20 million in profit for 2008 (Ocean Tankers)   Crude Oil Falls to 22-Month Low in New York on Demand Concerns (Bloomberg)
Hijacked Oil Tanker Nears Somalia `Pirate Stronghold' (Bloomberg)   Angola Oil Exports to Fall 6% in January on OPEC Cut (Bloomberg)
Vela says tanker loadings continue as normal (Lloyd's List)   Prisco profit up as it boosts fleet with newbuildings (Lloyd's List)
South Korea mulls shipyard rescue package (Lloyd's List)   Odfjell SE avoids Gulf of Aden (Odfjell)
Crude Oil Tanker Market Feels the Pain of Economic Slowdown (Hellenic Shipping News)   VLCCs head for storage role as market goes into contango (Lloyd's List)
Monday, November 17, 2008 
China's Oil Demand Contracts `Sharply' on Bank Crisis (Bloomberg)   StealthGas to halt options on tankers, LPG specialist says it will save 15%-20% by cancelling orders (Lloyd's List)
Crude Oil Falls as Global Slowdown Cuts Demand in China, Japan (Bloomberg)   OPEC Likely to Cut Production in Oran, Not in Cairo (Bloomberg)
Somali pirates capture tanker as Stolt Valor is freed (Lloyd's List)   New president, old oil problem (Lloyd's List)
Brokers braced for West Africa suezmax rates to ‘freefall’ (Lloyd's List)    
Friday, November 14, 2008 
OPEC Is `Very Likely' to Recommend Cut, Iran Says (Bloomberg)   Traders Bet on $30 Oil as OPEC Plans Talks on Output (Bloomberg)
Koreans predict drybulk revival (Daily News)   Motiva’s vast Port Arthur plant enters final phase of construction, The Motiva project will add refining capacity of around 325,000 barrels per day (Lloyd's List)
Bad news for tanker rates as IEA slashes forecasts (Lloyd's List)   Product rates keep dropping amid feelings of uncertainty (Lloyd's List)
Oil Drops as Global Economic Slowdown Curbs Fuel Consumption (Bloomberg)    
Thursday, November 13, 2008 
Oil Rebounds From 21-Month Low on Possible Early OPEC Meeting (Bloomberg)   November nearly covered but uncertainty dogs December (Lloyd's List)
Tanker owners insulated from economic turmoil Market resilient as world crude oil demand rises above last year's levels (Lloyd's List)   New tanker fleet lifts OceanFreight revenue (Lloyd's List)
Falling Crude Prices Threaten Iran's Plans to Expand Oil Industry (Wall Street Journal)   Shipbuilding cancellations don't translate in a decrease of the orderbook says Worldyards (Hellenic Shipping News)
IEA Cuts Global Oil Demand Forecast Most in 12 Years (Bloomberg)  
 
 
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