Shipping & LNG
The LNG Cold Chain: Why Liquefying Gas Costs a Quarter of Its Value
Chilling gas to minus 162 Celsius and shipping it across an ocean is a capital-heavy relay that only earns its keep when
By Karen Anderson · 6 min
The Cost of Cold: How LNG Is Liquefied, Shipped, and Regasified Across Oceans
Cooling gas to minus 162 degrees Celsius shrinks it 600-fold and makes it shippable, but the energy, steel, and boil-off
By Karen Anderson · 5 min
Chokepoints: The Five Straits That Hold the Oil Market Hostage
Roughly a third of the world's seaborne oil squeezes through five narrow lanes, and the detours around them cost weeks,
By Karen Anderson · 5 min
IRGC Seizes Barbados-Flagged Tanker in Gulf of Oman as US Disables Iranian Ships
Iran's Revolutionary Guard captured the tanker Ocean Koi while US Central Command said it knocked out two Iranian-flagge
By Karen Anderson · 5 min
OPEC+ Approves Symbolic Output Rise as Strait of Hormuz Chokes Gulf Exports
The cartel signed off on a 188,000 barrel-per-day hike for June, but with the Strait of Hormuz shut, most of those barre
By Karen Anderson · 5 min
Iraq Restarts Southern Oil Exports After Month-Long Hormuz Shutdown
The Malta-flagged tanker Agios Fanourios I began loading Basra crude on April 17, breaking a shipping paralysis that gut
By Karen Anderson · 5 min
Belgium Boards and Seizes Shadow-Fleet Tanker Ethera in North Sea Sweep
Belgian commandos fast-roped onto a falsely flagged oil tanker in Belgium's own waters, and for once the phrase "sanctio
By Karen Anderson · 5 min
Hormuz Tensions Push Iraq to Curb Southern Basra Exports
With tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz collapsing to a trickle, Baghdad says it has no choice but to throttle
By Karen Anderson · 5 min
US Seizes Russian-Flagged Tanker Marinera as Venezuela Blockade Intensifies
American forces boarded two sanctioned tankers thousands of miles apart on the same day, and Marco Rubio said the procee
By Karen Anderson · 5 min
US Sanctions Chinese Firms and Tankers Moving Venezuelan Crude in Year-End Blitz
Treasury blocked four companies in China and Hong Kong along with four tankers on the last business day of 2025, tighten
By Karen Anderson · 5 min
US Launches Naval Blockade of Venezuela's Sanctioned Oil Tankers
Trump orders a total blockade of tankers moving crude in and out of Venezuela, cutting at the one revenue stream the Mad
By Karen Anderson · 5 min
US Seizes the 'Skipper' Tanker Off Venezuela and Hauls Its Crude to Texas
American commandos boarded the very large crude carrier Skipper in Caribbean waters on December 10, then steered its 1.8
By Karen Anderson · 5 min
Trinidad Wins Six-Month Reprieve on Dragon Gas License Amid Shortage
Washington has handed Port of Spain a narrow, time-boxed window to negotiate for Venezuelan gas, but nothing that guaran
By Karen Anderson · 5 min
Aramco Steps Into LNG Canada via MidOcean's Purchase of Petronas Montney Stakes
MidOcean, backed by EIG and Saudi Aramco, agreed to buy one-fifth of Petronas's North Montney upstream and LNG holdings,
By Karen Anderson · 5 min