Russia’s uncertain relationship with the new Syrian regime. Grain smugglers using falsified manifests are back to Syria: Comoros flag Damas Wave transited Bosphorus en route from occupied Feodosia to Tartus carrying stolen wheat.

Thrilled to announce our next-generation monitoring satellites: the Owl fleet. 🦉 🛰️ Owls will continue our unique daily global scan, but move us from 3-m to 1-meter class – a sharper view! + with Nvidia GPUs they’ll be smarter! That’s why we're calling them Owls: they’ve big

Focus shifts from poppin' oil on the water to where they are going...Saudi exports jumped the most in Sept - flows to China ticked lower, jumped to Egypt - heading thru the Sumed pipeline and predominantly on to Europe. Decent jump in US crude exports heading to Europe too.

The economic and strategic benefits of reopening the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline are clear, but the new ITP agreement still faces several bureaucratic, political, and security challenges before exports can resume in earnest, write Noam Raydan and Soner Cagaptay. washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysi…

🇸🇦 Saudi @Aramco chief exec: "While EVs and renewables are growing, they aren't even covering demand growth and remain small in absolute numbers… In reality, this is not a true energy transition; it’s an energy addition which requires all hands on deck." #oott

*ATTENTION* 1/3 Crude oil tanker Petalidi (IMO 9529475) departed Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura last week and is now signaling for Syria’s Baniyas port. If the cargo discharges there, it would mark the first Saudi shipment to Syria under the new regime. #OOTT #Syria #Shipping

15 OCT 2025 #Sentinel2 🛰️📸 Three of the many Ship-to-Ship (StS) ops spotted off Eastern Johor Malaysia, today. Illustrating that it's business as usual despite both US & United Nations sanctions regimes. Do these ships even try to comply with MARPOL convention requirements for

*ATTENTION* 1/ Today's incident in the Gulf of Aden, and if it indeed involved Cameroon-flagged LPG tanker (IMO 9014432), then I doubt the Houthis were behind it. If the #Houthis claim responsibility, I will come back here & say so, adding that I was wrong. #Shipping #OOTT

The LPG tanker FALCON (9014432), which caught fire today in the Gulf of Aden, was laden with Iranian LPG from Assaluyeh after loading there on 2025-09-25. She was most likely heading to Ras Isa, Yemen; to supply the Houthis. This vessel was detained in January 2025 in Istanbul

Gulf of Aden, October 19, 2025. Fire onboard LPG Tanker MV FALCON – SAR Operations Underway. THIRD UPDATE Read more: eeas.europa.eu/eunavfor-aspid…

Russia, China Finalize Deal to Jointly Develop Arctic Shipping Along the Northern Sea Route gcaptain.com/russia-china-f…

Exxon Chases Speed With New-Look Exploration Strategy In an interview, global exploration head John Ardill details how Exxon is using exploration as an aggressive project development tool that upends industry norms. #oott energyintel.com/0000019a-080c-…