Hurricane Harvey affected the US oil industry from the wellhead to refinery outputs, and the sector is still showing signs of slowness after the storm pummeled the US Gulf Coast.
Following Kurdistan’s independence referendum result, what are the implications for its key oil exports and the likely impact on upstream deals with foreign companies?
Platts oil products editors discuss this summer’s firm propane fundamentals during a time when prices would traditionally drop. Is the alternative steam cracker feedstock about to face an unconventional winter too?
We discuss the recent counter-seasonal spike in jet fuel barge prices. What caused rising jet fuel prices outside of the traditional peak summer demand period?
We discuss the recent counter-seasonal spike in jet fuel barge prices. What caused rising jet fuel prices outside of the traditional peak summer demand period?
We discuss the consequences of the December Forties Pipeline System outage on January arbitrage flows of North Sea crude to Asia. How did the market respond to this unprecedented turn of events, and what should we expect going forward?
This week, we discuss the strength in the European jet fuel market. Strong Asian winter demand, twinned with refinery maintenance, has seen cargoes stay in the region rather than head to Europe as usual.
S&P Global Platts oil news team discusses the oil and gas industry’s search to redefine itself amid weak prices, rising US shale output, and growing environmental challenges.
With Russian crude oil values in Europe slumping to multi-year lows, Platts editors look at why sour crude has fallen out of favor and the possible knock-on effect on the North Sea Dated Brent benchmark.
After attending the African Refiners Association meeting in Cape Town, S&P Global Platts reporters share their thoughts with Joel Hanley on the continent’s prospects in oil refining and investment.
S&P Global Platts editors discuss the changing landscape for bunker fuel demand across the world, and how things may change as emission limits are cut in 2020 in accordance with IMO regulations.
S&P Global Platts editors discuss how differentials for Kazakhstan’s CPC Blend crude oil have plummeted on heightened output and weak demand. Is there any hope for a price recovery in the short term?
S&P Global Platts light ends reporter Philip Reeder tells Joel Hanley why prices for versatile feedstock naphtha have remained strong while other refined oil products have not sustained the pace.
Our editors examine why China is likely to benefit the most out of the re-imposition of US sanctions on Iran.
Among shipowners looking at how to cope with tighter marine fuels sulfur limits in 2020, the use of scrubbers to clean their emissions on board has been seen as a niche solution for the past few years. We look at how and why scrubbers might
Fighting between the self-styled Libyan National Army and UN-backed Government of National Accord in the…
US OLEFINS Propylene trade participants started this week expecting all three US PDH units to…
The amount of US corn inspected for export in the week that ended April 4…
Waha and El Paso Permian cash natural gas prices traded in positive territory Monday for…
Tellurian launched a shipper solicitation Monday for its 2 Bcf/d Permian Global Access Pipeline, one…
A recent acquisition by a privately held oil and natural gas producer might be an…
The Sur de Texas-Tuxpan marine pipeline could be just days away from entering service, promising…
A long US Gulf Coast propane market and short tonnage lists pushed the tide higher…
Papua New Guinea has signed a gas agreement with project partners to develop the country’s…
The French sugar beet planted area will fall to 455,000 hectares for the October 2019-September…
Domestic corn stocks are expected to total 2.035 billion bushels (51.691 million mt) at the…
The Center-South Brazilian sugar season came to a close March 31, with 573.072 million mt…
Venezuela’s government has signed an agreement with Russia under which the iron, steel, mining and…
The US Energy Information Administration on Tuesday has boosting its forecast for US natural gas…
The future US power system will likely include a mix a renewable energy, natural gas…
Turnarounds on trains 1 and 2 started in March Deliveries drop-off pushing more gas into…
Federal regulators on Tuesday gave Kinder Morgan a green light to begin construction on its…
Crude oil futures were trading higher in late morning European trading Wednesday, rebounding from Tuesday’s…
OPEC’s research and analysis arm pointed towards a much tighter market in 2019 as the…
New standards for crude moving by rail through Washington state will likely cause North Dakota…
Colombia could use its oil expertise to assist in, and benefit from, the secondary recovery…
Front-month RBOB futures settled at a six-month high Wednesday following after US Energy Information Administration…
US President Donald Trump’s latest executive order to speed pipelines takes aim at the Keystone…
The Port of Houston Authority’s commissioners have voted to limit arrivals of container ships that…
President Donald Trump signed executive orders Wednesday targeting a key point of friction for natural…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday blamed “special interests,” and “radical activists” and the state of…
0310 GMT: Crude oil futures were trading marginally lower in mid-morning trade in Asia Thursday…
Without any domestic gas supplies, Lebanon’s ageing power plants run on diesel and fuel oil….
Natural gas supply through regasification at the UK’s three LNG terminals on Wednesday reached the…
The US Energy Information Administration reported Thursday a bearish build of 23 Bcf for the…
Despite resource mix evolution toward greater volumes of non-synchronous generation like wind, solar and other…
State challenges to federal approvals for three Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line gas pipeline projects fell…
[…]
The last time such a comprehensive group of LNG leaders gathered in one room, was…
[…]
[…]
Australia’s largest gas producer Woodside Energy was forced to postpone the expected March opening of…
[…]
[…]
[…]
US LPG is being exported directly to India in a new evolution of global trade…
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
Japan’s Tokyo Gas has signed a 10-year non-binding agreement for LNG supply with Shell Eastern…
Russian oil giant Rosneft and Italy’s Eni have expressed an interest in developing Equatorial Guinea’s…
[…]
Crude oil futures were slightly lower during early European trade Friday, unable to break technical…
[…]
[…]
[…]
Transneft, the operator of Russia’s trunk oil pipeline system, said Friday it expects crude flows…
OPEC in March tightened the oil market considerably, slashing 570,000 b/d from its February output…
[…]
PRG’s propylene pipeline in Germany’s Ruhrgebiet has resumed operations after planned maintenance Friday, a spokesman…
[…]
Russian independent gas producer Novatek sees the resource base at Northern Yamal and Gydan peninsulas…
[…]
[…]
Fishing fleet of Russia used to be expanded with vessels operated in other countries or built by foreign shipyards. It became possible to reverse the trend and to attract fishing companies have new ships built at domestic shipyards thanks to introduction of state support measures,
[…]
[…]
The threat of an all-out war grows in OPEC member Libya raising the risk of…
Equatorial Guinea is targeting a final deal with Cameroon to jointly develop gas condensate discoveries…
Attempts by Venezuela’s creditors to use the US court system to auction off Citgo assets…
The natural gas industry has seized upon consumers’ environmental consciousness and is beginning to market…
North American oil producers will discuss growth opportunities and spending budgets as they begin to…
The California Air Resources Board Friday filed suit to compel the Trump administration to release…
The US will sanction 34 vessels owned or operated by PDVSA and two companies that…
Power prices in West Texas rose in March, propelled higher by weaker wind generation and…
Devaluation of the local currency in late March helped to unlock soybean farmers’ sales in…
The US March ethylene contract price was confirmed to have settled by a majority of…
With the withdrawal season officially over, US natural gas storage fields must now refill stocks…
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]