Oil Markets

Robert Beaman, managing editor for European and African crude oil, discusses the impact on the WAF crude market of the recent changes in Suezmax and VLCC freight rates, with freight editor John Morley and price assessments specialist Dimitrios Moraitelis. With Brent crude contango having narrowed...

Platts Christopher Vowden, managing editor of fuel oil and feedstocks, and Marko Trtica, fuel oil editor, discuss the recent change in shipping emission regulations that has led to increased demand for European marine gasoil and the growing interest in other alternative fuels and technologies. We...

Several Asian governments have taken advantage of low oil prices to carry out retail pricing reforms in their respective countries. In this podcast, Platts senior editor Mriganka Jaipuriyar, editorial director in China Sebastian Lewis, and senior analyst Oceana Zhou discuss the potentially big...

Brian Pearce, IATA's chief economist, talks to Ilana Djelal, associate editorial director for European clean products and Philippe Casey, European jet fuel editor on the impact of lower energy complex on downstream airline markets. We welcome any feedback or suggestions for topics. Contact...

In this podcast, Platts senior oil news writer Yen Ling Song looks at the pattern of China's crude imports over the past years and discusses the factors that may affect the country's buying decision in 2015, as well as its current and upcoming capacity for commercial storage and strategic petroleum...

Sophie Byron, managing editor of Europe and Africa light ends, and and Iain Stevenson, associate editor for LPG discuss structural changes in the LPG market, focusing on increased propane exports from the US and the impact on the European market. Also examined is the lack of seasonal strength in...

Malaysia has scrapped fuel subsidies and Indonesia has reduced them. Platts editors James Bourne, Mriganka Jaipuriyar, and Jonathan Nonis discuss the subsidy policy shifts, the impact on oil imports, and the domestic appetite for fuel in both countries. This is the latest in a series of weekly...

Benno Spencer, senior managing editor, Europe and Africa oil, Elza Turner, senior editor for Russian crude and products, and Paula VanLaningham, editor for Mediterranean and Urals crude, discuss the upcoming changes to the Russian oil export tax scheme and their impact on both crude and product...

Sophie Byron, managing editor of EMEA light ends and Virginie Malicier, editor for EMEA naphtha discuss the recent weakness in the European naphtha market with oversupply in Europe and low demand in Asia. Also examined is the ongoing competition from LPG for petrochemical cracking in Europe as...

Benno Spencer, senior managing editor, Europe and Africa oil, and Marko Trtica, fuel oil editor, discuss the recent OW Bunker bankruptcy and the consequences for the global bunker fuel market; focusing on price, competition, finance, losses and other ramifications.This is the latest in a series of...