Why a Bahamas tanker is carrying North Slope crude

A foreign-owned tanker is expected to transport North Slope crude to Asia in the coming weeks. BP has shipped its oil overseas before, but it’s been decades since it was on a tanker built and managed outside the U.S.
BP’s Anchorage headquarters. Image: Wikimedia CommonsJoyce Lofgren, a state petroleum economist, says news about an oil tanker — named Tianlong Spirit — has caused some confusion. She’s received emails from people wondering what all of the fuss is about