Thursday - Jan 26, 2012

• Indian players take up VLCC slack (Fairplay - Daily News)
• Iran threatens to act first on EU embargo By Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Javier Blas (Financial Times)
• Iraq oil exports hit record high By Eric van den Berg (Lloyd's List)
• Maersk Tankers appoints new chief By Hal Brown (Lloyd's List)
• Obama seeks to lift natural gas demand By Ed Crooks (Financial Times)
• Oil Gains a Second Day After Federal Reserve Commits to Low Interest Rates By Grant Smith and Ramsey Al-Rikabi (Bloomberg)

Wednesday - Jan 25, 2012

• Berlian Laju Tanker halts trading ahead of debt announcement By Tom Leander (Lloyd's List)
• North European aframax rates spike melts away By Eric van den Berg (Lloyd's List)
• Oil Trades Below $100 as Rising U.S. Stockpiles Counter Gasoline Demand By Grant Smith and Ben Sharples (Bloomberg)
• Petroplus insolvency to hit product tanker market By Hal Brown (Lloyd's List)
• Sellers resisting falling prices for VLCCs (Fairplay - Daily News)
• Tim Brennan quits as Heidmar chief By Rajesh Joshi (Lloyd's List)