Euronav's Paddy Rodgers reaffirmed his company's non-committal attitude toward exhaust gas scrubbers, despite recent frenzy over them as IMO 2020 comes closer.

"If you wanted to characterize the mood of the last month and a half on the subject of scrubbers, it's definitely been there's gold in them thar hills!" he bellowed with an American accent.

The characteristic quip came during Euronav's second-quarter earnings call after the company posted a $39.1m