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Snapback from the 50s: Oil’s Slide, Tariff Tide, and Storage’s Sweet Spot

  Well….that escalated quickly. The whole world has not gone bananas…but there is a tariff on bananas. No one really knows what kind of quilt we will end up with when this tangled tariff sewing kit is put to sleep. What we do know is that it has cast a cloak of uncertainty upon markets, businesses and consumers […]

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Boom Boom Boom Goes the Contango Drumbeat

An old man sips on his sweet tea as he casts a curious eye towards the little boy digging feverishly through a huge pile of manure, moving a shovel full at a time from one pile and slowly building another. After a while, curiosity got the best of him and he asked the boy why he […]

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Shifting Tide of Oil Markets: Embracing Change and Opportunity

Depending on where in the United States you live and whom you work for, yesterday might have been a day off with pay, another holiday entirely, or no different from any other Monday. Officially known as Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, is one of the most inconsistently celebrated U.S. holidays. It’s one of 11 […]

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Rolling with the Tank Tiger: Storage Inquiries, Market Trends, and Economic Insights

Last week The Tank Tiger fielded a cornucopia of storage inquiries including Veg Oil, Distillate, fuel oil, Surfactant, Polyol, Clean Products and Marine Gas Oil. We’re pleased to say that we were able to hook up most of these inquiries for a potential storage deal with our terrific terminal operators. We’d like to think that no one […]

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Unlocking the Hidden Value of Your Storage Lease: How The Tank Tiger Can Help You Strike Gold

You may be sitting on a gold mine. That’s right, if you have a term storage lease, it is quite possible that more value can be extracted from that lease if you turn around and sublease it to another party. Of course, you might think that even if you’re sitting on a gold mine, you still have […]

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Warm Trends, Cool Markets: A Week in Review – Distillate Contango in NY Harbor

Climate change. No matter what your scientific, political ,economic or superstitious position is on this topic, there’s no question that things are getting warmer. Now if you want to debate the cause and effect, that’s an equine of a variable hue. We might never really know what’s causing it to get warmer..… Well, my temperature’s rising, and my […]

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