Thanks, Robert! I really admire your work and dedication. What effect do you think the tropical cyclone in the Arabian Sea is going to have on prices? I'm thinking it will be as bad as a western Gulf Hurricane. Do you know what proportion of crude is exported through the Arabian Sea?

It's amazing to me that the market doesn't seem to be reacting much to this. No, I don't know the proportion exported through the Arabian Sea, but it is not a trivial amount. This is going to be interesting, to say the least.

Someone suggested 25% of world crude:

http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4311&highlight=

Peter.