Oil Markets
S&P Global Commodity Insights
S&P Global Commodity Insights analysis of key oil price movements across the globe.
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May 29, 2014 • 2min
Baltic gasoil volumes find alternative outlet amid weak European demand
Ilana Djelal, Platts associate editorial director clean products EMEA and Eline Potie, Platts European gasoil market editor, discuss persistent weakness in the underlying gasoil demand and how this weakness is being mitigated by Baltic gasoil volume bypassing European markets in May. This is the...
May 20, 2014 • 6min
WAF freight rates weaken on oversupply, lack of Asian buying interest
Ellie Weir, Platts tankers team leader talks to John Morley, dirty tankers editor and Eklavya Gupte, West African crude editor, about the reasons behind WAF VLCC freight rates languishing at their lowest levels for eight months. Focusing on both the freight and crude oil markets to understand why...
May 15, 2014 • 4min
European gasoline weakens as US arbitrage opportunities shrink
Sophie Byron, Platts light ends team leader, and Francesco Di Salvo, Platts EMEA gasoline editor, discuss recent weakening in the European physical and paper gasoline markets, as weaker arbitrage opportunities to the US Atlantic Coast failed to absorb length, as well as the impact of West African...
May 12, 2014 • 6min
Oil reserves promising in rough offshore waters of Great Australian Bight
The Great Australian Bight, off the southern coast of Australia, is causing excitement among major oil companies hoping to tap into the large offshore reserves there. James Bourne, Platts associate editorial director for Asian oil news, and Christine Forster, Platts senior writer for Asia oil news,...
May 12, 2014 • 8min
Regulations, reduced demand significantly diminish Japanese oil refining capacity
Takeo Kumagai, senior editor for Platts oil news, talks with James Bourne, associate editorial director for oil news in Asia, about how operable capacity for oil refining in Japan has dropped roughly 20% on government regulations and waning domestic demand. Imports of certain products may increase...
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....
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...
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 • 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...
