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S&P Global Commodity Insights analysis of key oil price movements across the globe.
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May 8, 2014 • 3min
European ULSD liquidity surges and looks set to remain strong
Andrew Bonnington, Platts editorial director, European and African Oil and Charles Goldner, Platts EMEA diesel editor, on liquidity in the European diesel market having surged in recent weeks amid strong buying from trading companies. With diesel cars becoming more and more popular across Europe...
May 8, 2014 • 5min
Japan, S Korea to maintain Iranian crude oil import volumes in 2014
James Bourne, Platts associate editorial director for Asian oil news in Singapore and Takeo Kumagai, Platts senior editor for Asia, based in Tokyo, analyze Japanese and South Korean buyers of Iranian crudes having maintained their annual term contracts for 2014 at volumes unchanged from last year....
Apr 23, 2014 • 6min
India's energy policy impacted by elections
Mriganka Jaipuriyar, senior editor for Platts Oilgram News, and Song Yen Ling, senior writer for oil, discuss how India's upcoming election is shaping the country's oil and gas exploration policies. This is the latest in a series of weekly podcasts aimed at highlighting significant news stories...
Apr 16, 2014 • 4min
Recent US gasoline strength and the prospects of European gasoline arbitrages
The RBOB futures market has recently experienced a rally supported by bullish stocks data in the country. The US Atlantic Coast is the traditional outlet for Europe's structurally long gasoline market, however, an open arbitrage has so far been unable to translate in bullish fundamentals in...
Apr 9, 2014 • 7min
Changes in shale flows could mean changes to US crude storage hubs
Alison Ciaccio, futures oil editor, and Bridget Hunsucker, editor, Americas oil news, discuss Cushing, Oklahoma, the basis for the NYMEX light sweet crude contract, and the possibility of starting new US futures contracts in Albany, New York, and Houston, Texas. This is the latest in a series of...
Apr 9, 2014 • 3min
Chinese oil, gas companies take unusual step of cutting capex
Platts' Song Yen Ling, senior writer for China, discusses Chinese state-owned oil and gas companies' recently-announced investment plans, having taken the unusual step of cutting their capital expenditure; the norm being to have capex grow year on year in order to boost growth. The main reason for...
Apr 9, 2014 • 7min
US fuel oil markets change focus as traditional demand fades
A frigid winter in the Northeast gave US fuel oil markets a boost, but new regulations and more fuel switching in power generation means the fuel oil industry is facing major changes. Platts editors John-Laurent Tronche, team leader, Americas bunker fuel and residuel fuel, and Patrick Burns,...
Mar 29, 2014 • 8min
US sanctions against Rosneft chief: limited impact so far, but could fall-out still hit markets?
Stuart Elliott, associate editorial director, and Rosemary Griffin, associate editor, discuss the move by Washington to add the CEO of Russia's Rosneft to its list of sanctions designed to put pressure on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. Rosneft's business interests so far are unaffected, but could...
Mar 25, 2014 • 16min
Interview with Port of Rotterdam Authority on bunker industry developments and outlook
Ahead of Platts' 5th Annual European Bunker Fuel Conference in Rotterdam on May 22-23, Chris Vowden, European fuel oil and feedstocks team leader, spoke to the Port of Rotterdam Authority's Ronald Backers, Business Developer, Liquid Bulk and Jaap van Dalen, Business Manager, Oil and Refining, about...
Mar 19, 2014 • 6min
Rise and fall: Recent Urals crude volatility and the European market
Russia's Urals crude oil grade has been volatile recently, briefly reaching a six month high in mid-March before rapidly falling back in the space of two weeks. What have been the fundamentals driving this change, and what has the impact been on the European crude markets? Platts' team leader for...
