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Territorial disputes over tiny islands and reefs in the South China Sea are poisoning relations between China and its neighbours in Southeast Asia.
"In recent months, China has undertaken destabilising, unilateral actions asserting its claims in the South China Sea," U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told an audience in Singapore last month.
"(China) has restricted access to Scarborough Reef, put pressure on the long-standing Philippine presence at the Second Thomas Shoal, begun land reclamation activities at multiple locations, and moved an oil rig into disputed waters near the Paracel Islands," Hagel complained at the Shangri-La Dialogue.
The defense secretary's speech drew an angry response from China, which rebuked him for making "harsh, provocative" comments - signalling a further deterioration in the already strained relationship between the two countries.
According to Hagel, the United States takes no position on territorial disputes in the South China Sea that pit China against Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei.
But Washington will oppose any attempt to use "intimidation, coercion or the threat of force to assert those claims". It will also oppose any attempt to restrict overflight and freedom of navigation.
Washington says it wants to uphold a "rules-based order" in which disputes are settled through diplomacy, well-established norms and international law.
However, all that is threatened by long-standing disputes over the ownership of two hundred or so tiny islands, islets, shoals and cays, reefs and rocks scattered across the area.
The various outcrops cover just a few square kilometres in total. Many are only just above the waterline even at low tide. But with them come claims to regulate navigation, fish, and drill for oil and gas over much more extensive areas.
In 1974, China and South Vietnam fought a short war over one island group. In recent years, there have been frequent and worsening low-level clashes in the South China Sea, severely straining relations between China and the other littoral states.
The area is strategically vital. Hagel called the South China Sea "the beating heart of Asia-Pacific and a crossroads of the global economy".
The South China Sea contains the world's most important shipping lanes and sits astride supply routes essential to South Korea and Japan as well as China.
More than half of the world's merchant shipping tonnage passes through the Straits of Malacca, Sunda and Lombok each year with nearly all of it continuing on through the South China Sea.
Almost a third of the world's crude oil trade and half of its liquefied natural gas pass through the sea en route to China, Japan and South Korea.
The South China Sea contains rich fishing grounds that have been customarily exploited by all the coastal states.
The area is also thought to contain oil and gas deposits. There are several large sedimentary basins, though estimates of the amount of recoverable oil and gas they contain vary widely.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration puts proven and probable reserves in the area at 11 billion barrels of oil and 190 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, which is small but significant ("South China Sea", February 2013).
However, there could be another 5-22 billion barrels of oil and 70-290 trillion cubic feet of gas waiting to be discovered, according to the U.S. Geological Survey ("Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of Southeast Asia", 2010).
China's oil companies and government agencies have published even higher estimates of the oil and gas likely to be found in the region.
China claims sovereignty over all the islands, rocks and reefs in the four main groups, while Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei each claim some of them.
Much of the dispute revolves around the "Nine Dash Line", which appears on China's official maps and encompasses almost the entire South China Sea.
The Nine Dash Line made its first appearance in official atlases issued in 1948, though the territorial claims on which it rests go back much further. It has been subject to only minor modifications since then.
The number of dashes - which roughly indicate the boundary - has varied between nine and 11 at various times and currently stands at 10 after a new dash was added east of Taiwan in 2013.
China has included the Nine Dash Line on illustrative maps used in disputes with the other coastal states, and it is now used in passports issued by the People's Republic. But the exact status of the line remains "ambiguous", according to Euan Graham at Britain's Royal United Services Institute ("China's new map: just another dash?" September 2013).
The latest edition of the official atlas designates the line as a national boundary and uses identical shading to the lines on China's land borders. Exactly what China is claiming, however, remains somewhat mysterious, even to experts.
According to one leading Chinese maritime expert, the line indicates the island groups over which China claims sovereignty, rather than laying claim to the sea area itself. It is a sort of envelope around the islands China considers to be part of its sovereign territory.
Gao Zhiguo, China's judge on the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, explains that the Nine Dash Line "has become synonymous with a claim of sovereignty over the island groups that always belonged to China and with an additional Chinese claim of historical rights of fishing, navigation, and other maritime activities (including the exploration and exploitation of resources, mineral or otherwise) on the islands and in the adjacent waters".
Writing in the American Journal of International Law, Gao suggests the line may have "a residual function as potential maritime delimitation boundaries". It was, Gao suggests, an early attempt to define China's continental shelf ("The Nine Dash Line in the South China Sea: History, Status and Implications", 2013).
Nonetheless, China accepts that any rights to fishing, oil and gas extraction, exclusive economic zones, and power to restrict navigation in the neighbouring sea stemming from ownership of the islands are governed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The convention, which was opened for signature in 1982 and entered into force in 1994, sets out detailed rules defining territorial seas, navigation rights, exclusive economic zones, the extent of the continental shelf and delimiting maritime boundaries. It also contains a range of binding procedures for settling disputes.
China and all the states around the shores of the South China Sea have signed UNCLOS and are bound by its provisions. Some commentators have expressed hope that UNCLOS could be used to settle disputes between China and its neighbours peaceably.
"Many hope that international law will impose a resolution," according to Elizabeth Economy and Michael Levi at the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations. "This would, however, be a strong departure from historical precedent," they note sceptically ("By all means necessary: how China's resource quest is changing the world", 2014).
In 2009, Vietnam and Malaysia submitted a joint claim to the continental shelf under UNCLOS. In 2013, the Philippines requested binding arbitration in its territorial dispute with China at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. China has refused to accept arbitration.
There are several problems with trying to rely on UNCLOS. First, the dispute settlement provisions of UNCLOS may not apply in this case.
On signing the convention, as well as on ratification, and afterwards, countries can opt out of the binding dispute settlement processes relating to certain sea boundary disputes (Article 298). China exercised that opt-out in relation to maritime boundaries in 2006.
More controversially, on ratifying the treaty in 1996, China declared that it "reaffirms its sovereignty over all its archipelagos and islands as listed in article 2 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the territorial sea and the contiguous zone".
Second, UNCLOS deals with issues of maritime law and rights in the seas around the islands. It cannot settle disputes about who owns the islands themselves.
Third, unlike the later Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, signed in 1994, UNCLOS lacks an effective enforcement mechanism.
Finally, it is hard to see how attempts to resolve the disputes purely through commercial and legal means can succeed if they do not recognise the broader strategic realities, as Economy and Levi point out.
The solution must be political and diplomatic, a position all sides seem to recognise.
"Attempts to resolve tensions that focus purely on commerce and law and ignore broader strategic realities may not result in stable outcomes," according to Economy and Levi.
China's Gao reaches a similar conclusion: "China relies heavily on its long and overwhelming history to justify its title to territorial sovereignty and maritime jurisdiction in the South China Sea, other claimant states repeatedly stress the imperative of their rights under UNCLOS. Nonetheless the solution perhaps lies somewhere in the middle."
The compromise solution is shared exploitation of the resources. "Pending a solution acceptable to the littoral states concerned, the parties would do well to shelve the disputes and work toward a temporary solution involving joint development," Gao wrote.
UNCLOS itself encourages the use of practical, provisional arrangements in the case of disputes.
There are precedents for shared development of resources. In 2008, China and Japan agreed to develop jointly the Chunxiao gas fields in a disputed area of the East China Sea, though that pact has since been derailed by the rising tensions between the two countries.
A more hopeful example is the archipelago of Svalbard/Spitsbergen in the Arctic.
The 1920 Spitsbergen Treaty recognised Norway's sovereignty, but granted all signatories equal access to hunting and fishing rights on the islands and in their territorial waters, as well as the exploitation of minerals found on the islands.
Something similar would be desirable in the South China Sea. Sovereignty over the islands could be split or put to one side, while the coastal states agree to joint development of fishing, oil and gas resources.
If the solution is fairly clear, the harder question is how to get there. In that respect, the U.S. position and Hagel's speech have done more harm than good.
The U.S. position (no stance on sovereignty, but an insistence on legal processes to resolve the dispute) is particularly unhelpful since there is no real legal answer.
The defense secretary was speaking to a domestic audience and regional allies, trying to reassure them that Washington will stand up to what some see as bullying by China. But singling out China for blame was unhelpful if the United States wants to play a constructive role in resolving the dispute.
In the end, Washington will have to use its influence with all the regional states, including its allies, to push them towards a diplomatic and political compromise.
Coastal states must set aside the ownership question and focus on how jointly to exploit the resources and regulate shipping in the area peaceably, in accordance with their other international commitments.
By John Kemp
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Coast Guard search-and-rescue crews are searching for a man who went missing during a commercial shark diving venture in the vicinity of West End, Bahamas, Sunday night.
Missing is John E. Petty, 63, hometown unknown.
Coast Guard 7 District command center watchstanders were contacted by the captain aboard the commercial dive vessel Shear Water late Sunday night stating that Petty went shark diving with eight others and he never resurfaced.
The Coast Guard immediately launched multiple air and sea assets that have been searching since. Currently on scene supporting Bahamian authorities and searching are the crews aboard:
An Urgent Marine Information Broadcast was issued.
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an X-ray generator for powering an X-ray tube which comprises at least two electron sources for forming focal spots of different size at the same area of the anode.
2. Description of the Related Art
X-ray tubes capable of forming two (or more) focal spots at the same area of the anode are known (DE-OS 28 50 583). The known X-ray generators for powering such X-ray tubes enable formation of X-ray images with either a small or a large focal spot. X-ray images formed using the smaller focal spot have a better resolution, whereas X-ray images formed using the larger focal spot require shorter exposure times because the larger focal spot can be loaded more and hence generates more X-rays. Therefore, for an X-ray exposure the operator must each time decide which of the two focal spots is to be used.
In practice, however, some X-ray images require a resolution which is higher than can be achieved by means of the large focal spot and an exposure time which is shorther than can be achieved by means of the small focal spot, i.e. a higher power. Such images could be formed by means of an X-ray tube which comprises at least one further electron source whose focal spot dimensions are between those of the large and the small focal spot. However, such X-ray tubes are complex.
Furthermore, from U.S. Pat. No. 3,882,339 it is known to vary the size of the focal spot in a grid-controlled X-ray tube by varying of the voltage at the control grid. However, thus far such X-ray tubes are available for low power only.
It is an object of the present invention to construct an X-ray generator for an X-ray tube of the kind set forth so that the resolution on the one hand and the power of the X-ray tube on the other hand can be adapted to the relevant requirements by simple means, that is to say independently of the voltage of the X-ray tube. On the basis of an X-ray generator and an X-ray tube of the kind set forth, this object is achieved in that with each electron source there is associated a respective control unit which produces an electron or current flow between the associated electron source and the anode, which flow is dependent on a control signal at a control input of the control unit, both control units being active and independently controllable during an X-ray exposure, the control signals being adjustable and hence also the ratio of the mAs products supplied by the electron sources.
The invention is based on the idea that the resolution of an X-ray tube is decided not only by the dimensions of the focal spot wherefrom the X-rays are emitted, but to a substantial extent also by the spatial distribution of the radiation or emission density in the respective active focal spot. It can be demonstrated that an increase of the radiation intensity or the electron density in a small part of the focal spot results in increased resolution in the image, notably when this part is situated at the center of the focal spot. This means that an X-ray image formed with such an electron density distribution in the focal spot has a modulation transfer function which corresponds to that of an X-ray image formed with a focal spot with a uniform electron distribution and smaller outer dimensions.
In accordance with the invention, the electron sources are operated by the control units so that the various focal spots are effective with a different weight during an X-ray exposure, in conformity with the mAs product (to be understood to mean the time integral over the current flowing between the electron source and the anode during an X-ray exposure) with which they contribute to the exposure. A ratio of mAs products supplied by the two electron sources is adjustable over a range of values including non-zero finite values (i.e. values where mAs product supplied by each source is non-zero). The more effective the larger focal spot in an X-ray tube comprising two focal spots, the smaller the resolution will be, but the higher the tube power available for the X-ray exposure will be. As a result of such different weighting of the focal spots, X-ray images can be formed which correspond, in respect of tube power and modulation transfer function, to the images formed by means of an X-ray tube whose focal spot (with uniform electron distribution) can be varied in respect of outer dimensions in the range between the small and the large focal spot.
It is to be noted that an X-ray generator for powering an X-ray tube with two focal spots of different size at the same area of the anode is already known from U.S. Pat. No. 2,160,605. Therein, the object is to activate that one of the filaments associated with the two focal spots which is compatible with the predetermined exposure parameters. To this end, the two filaments in parallel branches with non-linear or frequency-dependent impedances are powered by a common supply source so that as the supply voltage increases, first the filament current emitted by the filament for the smaller focal spot increases and abruptly or continuously decreases when a maximum value is reached. In the presence of small supply voltages the filament for the larger focal spot at first does not produce a current. It is only when the current for the smaller focal spot decreases again that the current starts to increase as a function of the supply voltage, that is to say either abruptly or continuously.
In the case of a continuous transition the two filaments can simultaneously supply an emission current. However, it has not been recognized that the resolution of this focal spot combination can be better than that of the larger focal spot and this effect could not be utilized either to vary the resolution and the power because the supply voltage for the filaments defined the ratio of the emission currents from the filaments (and hence the resolution) as well as the sum of the emission currents (and hence the power).
Furthermore, from U.S. Pat. No. 4,065,689 there is known an X-ray generator for powering an X-ray tube with two equally large focal spots which partly overlap. The emission currents for the two focal spots are adjustable. The object is to achieve a particularly attractive intensity characteristic, i.e. an essentially uniform intensity in the focal spot. The same holds for the prior art cited therein, where a larger and a smaller focal spot are superposed so that a uniform electron distribution is obtained (the electron density at the centre of a focal spot can often be smaller than at its edges).
According to the invention, the ratio of the mAs products supplied by the electron sources, i.e. the weight of the focal spots during an X-ray exposure, can be adjusted in various ways. In accordance with one version of the invention, the control units are simultaneously active during an X-ray exposure. In the simplest case the two electron sources simultaneously supply currents which are constant during the X-ray exposure. In accordance with a further version of the invention, the control units are consecutively active during an exposure. If sufficiently fast control of the electron sources by the control unit were achieved (for example, by means of a grid), a single control unit which consecutively controls the electron sources during an exposure would suffice.
A preferred embodiment of the invention includes a memory in which different combinations of control signals for the control units are stored for X-ray exposures with different exposure parameters, for an X-ray exposure the combination of control signals associated with the respective predetermined exposure parameters being fetched. This enables control of the electron sources by the control units during X-ray exposures with arbitrarily presettable exposure parameters so that always the optimum combination of modulation transfer function and tube power is obtained.
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FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the X-ray generator in accordance with the invention, including an X-ray tube having an anode; and
FIG. 2 shows focal spots on the anode of the X-ray tube in FIG. 1.
The FIG. 1 shows a high-voltage generator 2 which powers an X-ray tube 1 and which supplies a positive high voltage for the anode 10 and a negative high voltage for the cathode (both with respect to ground) in the event of an X-ray exposure. The high voltage generated by the high-voltage generator 2 is adjustable by way of a signal U at its control input.
The cathode comprises two electron sources 11 and 12, for example two filaments which emit an electron flow when they are heated by a respective filament current. As shown in FIG. 2, the electron flows supplied by the electron sources are incident at a given area of the anode 10, thus defining respective large and small focal spots L and S thereon. The small focal spots is entirely encompassed by the large focal spot L. In particular, the focal spots are concentric, i.e. the small focal spots presumably generated by the electron source 12 is situated at the center of the large focal spot L (produced by the electron source 11). Viewed from the direction of emergence of the radiation, denoted by the dashed arrow 13, the focal spots are rectangular. X-ray tubes of this kind are generally known and described, for example in DE-OS 28 50 583.
It is assumed that the large focal spot L produced by the electron source 11 is a 1.1 mm focal spot (i.e., it is dimensioned 1.1 mm*1.1 mm, viewed from the direction of emergence of the radiation), and that the small focal spots is a 0.4 mm focal spot. The ratio of the focal spot sizes should not be substantially larger, because otherwise the modulation transfer function can be influenced only comparatively little by the weighting of the focal spots.
In a typical X-ray tube the highest permissible value of the electron flow supplied by the electron source 11 may amount to 1000 mA in the event of a tube voltage of 80 kV, and that of the flow supplied by the electron source 12 to 230 mA.
When the electron source 11 is switched off, the electron source 12 can deliver its maximum flow of 230 mA. The resolution then necessarily corresponds to the resolution of the smaller focal spot, i.e. of a 0.4 mm focal spot with uniform electron density. The tube power then amounts to approximately 18.4 kW.
However, when instead the flow supplied by the electron source 11 amounts to 10% of the permissible maximum value, i.e. 100 mA, the electron flow supplied by the electron source 12 should be reduced slightly (to approximately 200 mA) in order to prevent overheating of the anode. Even though the superposed focal spot thus formed has the outer dimensions of the larger focal spot (1.1 mm), it has a modulation transfer function which corresponds approximately to that of a 0.5 mm focal spot with a uniform electron density. The effective magnitude (relative to the modulation transfer function) of the superposed focal spot would thus be 0.5 mm. The tube power then amounts to approximately 26 kW.
When the flow supplied by the electron source 11 is increased to 300 mA, the flow supplied by the electron source 12 must be further reduced so as to avoid overloading of the anode, for example to 175 mA. The modulation transfer function of this focal spot, having an increased electron density at its centre, then corresponds approximately to that of a 0.6 mm focal spot with uniform electron density. The tube power amounts to 38 kW.
When the flow from the electron source 11 is increased to 500 mA and the flow from the electron source 12 is at the same time decreased to 125 mA, a focal spot is obtained whose modulation transfer function corresponds to that of a 0.8 mm focal spot with a uniform electron distribution. For the said tube voltage of 80 kV, the tube power then already amounts to 50 kW.
In the case of a tube voltage higher or lower than 80 kV, the flows supplied by the electron sources must be larger or smaller in conformity with the loadability of the X-ray tube. However, in the case of low tube voltages (for example, 40 kV), the values of the flows which are permissible in view of loadability will not be reached because of space charge effects.
The heating currents which determine the temperature of the electron sources 11 and 12 and hence the flows emitted thereby are supplied by a respective control unit 21, 22. Each of these control units comprises (not shown) a filament current transformer whose primary and secondary windings are isolated from one another so that the primary winding can carry ground potenital while the secondary winding carries a negative high voltage. Moreover, each of the control units comprises a control circuit which ensures that the filament current supplied to the electron sources 11 and 12 by the control units 21 and 22, respectively, is proportional to the control signal Ih1 and Ih2, respectively, at the control inputs of these units. The control signals Ih1 and Ih2 thus also determine the electron flow between the electron sources 11 and 12 on the one side and the anode 10 on the other side.
The control signals Ih1 and Ih2 are applied to the control units 21 and 22, respectively, via respective digital-to-analog converters 31 and 32. The inputs of these analog-to-digital converters are connected to a storage unit 4 wherefrom the control signals Ih1 and Ih2 are read (in digital form) in dependence on predetermined parameters of the X-ray exposure. For each electron source 11, 12 the storage unit 4 comprises a storage section 41, 42. For various voltages across the X-ray tube, in each of these storage sections, there are stored the control signals Ih1 and Ih2 which result in different flows from the electron sources as explained above for a tube voltage of 80 kV. The addresses at which the control signals are stored are supplied by an address generator 50 which may form part of a computer system (5) which also controls all other functions of the X-ray generator.
The address generator 50 may be constructed so that, after presetting of the effective size f of the focal spot (leading to the desired resolution in the presence of a uniform electron distribution) and the voltage U across the X-ray tube, it fetches the filament current values Ih1 and Ih2 producing the currents between the cathode and the anode of the X-ray tube 1 which are associated with this combination of U and f. For example, when a value f=0.6 mm and U=80 kV are preset, the control signals Ih1 and Ih2 for which the electron source 11 supplies a flow of 300 mA and the electron source 12 supplies a flow of 175 mA are fetched from the storage sections 41 and 42. The tube power then has the highest value with which the X-ray tube 1 can be operated for the predetermined modulation transfer function.
Evidently, instead of the effective focal spot size another exposure parameter can also be preset, for example the geometrical lack of focus which depends not only on the size f of the focal spot but also on the distances between X-ray source and film as well as between X-ray source and object to be imaged. The latter two quantities can be determined, if necessary, by a separate measuring device.
However, other exposure parameters can also be preset, for example the tube voltage, the longest exposure time that can be tolerated in view of motional unsharpness, and the mAs product of the flows supplied by the two electron sources. For example, when the tube voltage is 80 kV, the permissible exposure time is 100 ms and the mAs product is 62.5 mAs, for the permissible exposure time a flow of 625 mA follows therefrom, which flow is composed of 125 mA from the electron source 12 and 500 mA from the electron source 11. The resultant exposure then has a modulation transfer function which corresponds to that of an X-ray exposure with a 0.8 mm focal spot with uniform electron distribution. X-ray images obtained under these circumstances thus have the optimum resolution with a tube power which is still sufficient to execute an X-ray exposure with the preset exposure parameters within the preset permissible exposure time.
It has been assumed thus far that the filament currents, or the anode current resulting therefrom, are constant during the exposure. In order to avoid thermal overloading of the X-ray tube in the case of X-ray exposures with a long exposure time, however, it may be effective to decrease the flows supplied by the electron sources simultaneously in accordance with a given time function. A suitable variation in time could be simply implemented by utilizing multiplying analog-to-digital converters 31, 32 which receive, in addition to the digital values from the storage sections 41 and 42, a respective multiplication signal exhibiting a suitable variation in time so that the quotient of the flows supplied by the electron sources 11 and 12, and hence the modulation transfer function, remains constant during the exposure.
Instead of operating the X-ray tube with a ratio of the flows supplied by the electron sources 11 and 12 which is constant for each respective exposure, it is alternatively possible to vary these flows during an exposure as a function of time so that the flow from the electron source (12) associated with the smaller focal spots decreases from a maximum value as a function of time whereas the flow supplied by the other electron source (11) associated with the large focal spot L increases at least between given time limits, so that the resolution of the X-ray exposure is higher in the event of a short exposure time than in the case of a long exposure time. The necessary variations in time of the two control signals can then be stored as series of digital data words in the storage sections 41 and 42. The optimum resolution for the relevant exposure parameters would then be obtained.
It has been assumed that thus far the control units 21 and 22 control the electron sources 11 and 12 by varying their filament currents. However, when the X-ray tube comprises separately controllable grids, the filament currents of the electron sources can be kept constant and instead the grid bias voltages can be varied in the desired manner.
In the case of an X-ray tube having the indicated focal spot dimensions, the difference between the resultant modulation transfer function and the modulation transfer function of the larger focal spot is no longer essential when the flow supplied by the electron source 11 is greater than 500 mA, i.e. approximately 50% of the maximum flow of this electron source, so that continuous variation is possible only in the range of from 0 to 50% of the maximum flow. When the modulation transfer function is to be varied in a wider range, preferably a further electron source is used whose focal spot M is medium sized; i.e. it is is larger than the smaller and small focal spot S than the large focal spot L. When instead of the electron source for the smaller focal spot the further electron source is controlled accordingly, the modulation transfer function can be varied in an even wider range.
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The turn wasn't all Steve really. The show found success in a genuine "dirty" moment and decided to make more of those happen.Not so much "make" as it is "forced" (nearly every question uploaded by the official YouTube channel can be given a dirty answer), but yes.
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I do not see STNG falling below $4 so you just may miss a great opportunity here. Even though you put gamble in quotes I am not sure that is the best word for an investment entered into after much due diligence. It does sound like you are still waiting for more information to convince yourself that this is a good place for some of your money. Maybe the next conference call will shed more light on the situation for you and you can make a more comfortable decision then.
Personally, I was a little early to this party but in my experience I am comfortable with my analysis and I am happy to have this investment as long as the dividend in maintained or increased. I liquidated a few MLP's to buy some Scorpio Stock as well as simplify my portfolio and taxes.
Good luck to all.
The temporary outage of the Magellan pipeline does not affect UAN. Hope this helps eliminate one theory of the price decline.
Look at this sell off as a buying opportunity. It is still the same company paying a nice distribution (now even nicer)
Good luck to all.
I would like to see the financing announced for the newbuilds on good terms. I would like to see Scorpio continue to generate good income even though rates are currently low. I would like to see rates climb as we head into summer and the driving season. I would like to see STNG raise the dividend by 1 cent to lucky 13 and confirm to the market that they are strong while competitors are weak.
I think STNG gets beaten down with the rest of the sector and this I see as an opportunity.
Good luck to all.
BTW I picked up more myself yesterday as I think it is way oversold.
Another great thing about this company is that it is a pure play in the product tanker space. Many other shipping companies are also dry bulk carriers and that is killing their earnings. The product tanker market is where its at and STNG is all product tanker with no dry bulk.
Good luck to all.
Here is what STNG CEO said two weeks ago in an interview with shippingwatch (see link below if yahoo puts it in)
h t t p ://shippingwatch(dot)com/carriers/Tanker/article8711718.ece#ixzz4BTkSEmx8
"I am happy to be in a period with low oil prices. The lower result we saw in the first quarter this year is due to the volatile market right now and to a very warm winter in the Northern hemisphere. It's an exciting market with a huge diversity of cargoes and geographies with an increasing demand for not only refined oil but also palm oil etcetera. With the constraints we see on the capital market right now and the new environmental requirement coming up in 2017, we believe that the upturn in the product tanker industry will prevail the next two to three years,"
Also from the conference call they have been buying back stock at $5.80. So if they think $5.80 is a steal what is it at $5.00 (besides a nice 10% yield)?
In 2017, stricter regulations kick in and only STNG is already compliant as the average age of the fleet is 1.5 years. That means many of the competitor's tankers will not be used. Combine that with the fact that the capital markets are tight and there are not many new builds coming online. This means less supply of tankers which means higher shipping rates which means more money for STNG.
Good luck to all.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Heya bj4lf,
I got tired of waiting for a response by email and just called them (the New York office). The gentleman I spoke with told me he was unaware of the reason for the delay this quarter but he thinks it is a one time delay and would probably be back to normal next payday. He has my email and will inform be if he learns anything different.
Hope this helps. The price of STNG has been week these last two days. We were looking good for awhile. Anyways, good luck to you.
Two more reasons why I bought Scorpio Tankers:
1. Credit Suisse reiterated their buy rating on shares of Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE:STNG) in a recent research note. They currently have a $10.00 price objective on the stock.
2. STNG's fleet of tankers has a weighted average age of 1.5 years where the industry average is a little less than 8 years. STNG is by far the youngest fleet in the world.
Good luck to all!
Heya bj4lf,
I am new here but I thought that you had a good question. I fired an email to investor relations and I will let you know what they say if they answer me.
Good luck to you.
Heya cwreding, we got in at the same price.
Good luck to you and our fellow longs.
Thanks for the welcome everyone. STNG looks good. It looks like it may trade up and down some days based on shipping rates but that is why I like this company is that they are doing fine with rates at this low level. Seems others agree. It is nice to get paid while we wait for rates to rise.
Good luck to all!
Here is why I bought today:
Yield of 8.9% with plenty of income to support the dividend.
Plenty of income in a down market. Rates are low but STNG is doing fine even though competitors are not. STNG locked in some great rates considering.
All of the analysts, as well as STNG management, see sharp increase in demand combined with lower supply of tankers in the near future which will be great for STNG.
STNG on the hunt for weaker players to acquire. I like to invest in companies that hunt when times are slow.
Huge institutional ownership and solid insider ownership.
Technically, STNG is in an upward channel and trading close to bottom trend line so good time to enter.
That is about it and all of that is worth some investment dollars.
Good luck to all!


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