Petroleum Shipping Industry, Volume 1

• Oil: an introduction to shipping
• Why tanker owners?
• Pre-Onassis era
• Onassis era
• Post-Onassis era: Creating and dealing with the surplus
• Refinery operation
• Tanker demand
• Tanker design and employment patterns
• Forecasting tanker rates
• Oil pollution liability
• LPG carriers
• LNG carriers

• Field level personnel
• Management
• Energy lending and finance professionals
• Anyone who seeks to understand how, or relies upon, energy markets
• Students

Michael D. Tusiani joined Poten & Partners in 1973. From 1983 to 2016 he served as its chairman and chief executive officer. He is currently the chairman emeritus. During his career, he has been active in all aspects of oil and gas trading and transportation and has written numerous articles on energy and shipping matters, as well as four books: The Petroleum Shipping Industry: A Nontechnical Overview (PennWell 1996), The Petroleum Shipping Industry: Operations and Practices (PennWell 1996), LNG: A Nontechnical Guide (PennWell 2007, coauthor), and LNG: Fuel for a Changing World (PennWell 2016, coauthor). He received a BA from Long Island University and an MA in economics from Fordham University.