Sheela Tobben contributes to RBN’s daily blog. She has been a reporter of the U.S. oil markets since 2000. She started at S&P Platts where she did news reporting and assessed prices for various North American crude oils, including key benchmarks, and the Northeast gasoline and diesel markets. She also spent three years at OPIS where she did similar news and price reporting for the natural gas liquids markets in America. In her most recent role, she spent nearly a decade breaking news and writing analysis on regional oil fundamentals, weather-related disruptions in the market and infrastructure developments across the U.S. and Canada. She has a bachelor’s degree in science from the National University of Singapore.
Posts by Sheela Tobben
- Analyst Insight
India, Not China, Set to Lead in Oil Consumption Growth: EIA
India, not China, has emerged as the leading source of growth in global oil consumption in 2024 and is expected to repeat that in 2025, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
- Analyst Insight
Flows on Mars Oil Pipeline Recovered in October After Storms
Throughput on the Mars Oil Pipeline has rebounded from the year’s lows when storms during hurricane season disrupted E&P operations across the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), based on the latest state data.
- Analyst Insight
Enbridge Begins Open Season to Recontract 100 Mb/d of Capacity on Express Pipeline
Enbridge is holding an open season for its Express Pipeline to recontract about 100 Mb/d of transportation service originating at Hardisty, Alberta.
- Analyst Insight
CNOOC Exits Gulf of Mexico Business with Sale to U.K.'s INEOS
INEOS Energy has purchased the Gulf of Mexico business of CNOOC Energy Holdings, a U.S. subsidiary of China’s CNOOC international.
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Enbridge in Cleanup Mode Since Last Month After Line 6 Crude Spill in Wisconsin
Enbridge is still cleaning up some 1,650 Bbl of crude oil that spilled from its Line 6 pipeline more than a month ago due to a faulty connection on a pump transfer pipe at a Wisconsin pump station.