- By concentrating on contemporaneous export trends, OTIS is able to provide
anticipatory insight into import trends and price
impacts. Simply put, loadings precede discharges with a predicable lead-lag structure.
- By monitoring exports on a weekly basis, OTIS gives a
first signal on OPEC production figures and OPEC compliance as well as significant changes in oil flows.
- OTIS gives indications of regional movements and as such
reveals the relative strength of regional crude
markets.
- By measuring in-transit inventory levels through crude on the water (COW) measurements, OTIS gives an
indication as to how long or short the onshore inventory situation is likely to
become. The in-transit inventory is broken out by Eastbound and Westbound destinations, thus giving an
insight into the regional breakdown of the inventory levels.
- OTIS also provides insights on the following:
- Regional tanker rates and shipping costs.
- Crude price differentials.
- Regional production developments, where civil unrest and/or export disruption have become sporadic or chronic problems, especially in Latin America, the Middle East, and West Africa.
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