If the pirates don't wrap this up soon with the drop in oil prices their cargo won't be worth the ship that floats it & I can't imagine the oil outfits & shipping companies care that much about their crews.
Actually they should not bargin with the pirates at all, let them keep the oil, they'll be begging for a halh million in a week instead of demanding 15, at this rate they'll end up having to give the crews back, they won't be able to afford to feed them.
Set the ship ablaze, it'll be the last time they eat where they shit.

Barry