Severe PET supply constraints cast cloud over nearing peak summer demand
The European polyethylene terephthalate market is set to face a supply drought in the foreseeable future amid lingering scarcity of feedstock purified terephthalic acid in the region. With the peak su...
30 Touko 20188min
Wholesale power markets prep for summer heat, demand and possible emergencies
The North American power pricing team takes a coast-to-coast look at summer power prices, as well as forecast demand and generating capacity for ERCOT, Cal-ISO and the PJM Interconnection.Kassia Micek...
23 Touko 20186min
St. Petersburg to host OPEC+ deal, sanctions discussions in late May
Key oil players will gather in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on May 24-26 to discuss key issues including the fate of the OPEC+ crude production cut deal and the impact of US sanctions on interna...
18 Touko 20185min
Interview: Abdulrahman S. Al-Fageeh, SABIC
Abdulrahman S. Al-Fageeh, SABIC Executive Vice President - Petrochemicals, joins S&P Global Platts Editor Frank Zeng in this episode of the Platts Commodities Spotlight podcast, recorded at the ChinaP...
4 Touko 20189min
2020: The outlook on LNG Bunkering
The International Maritime Organization has reduced the maximum amount of sulfur in bunker fuels from 3.5% to 0.5%, effective in 2020. Shipping companies will be paying more for fuel as they switch fr...
4 Touko 201812min
Advanced technology, robotics vital to recovering offshore production
The recent industry downturn was painful for the oil patch, and especially subdued global offshore exploration. But the sector is emerging more efficient and with sophisticated technologies that will ...
3 Touko 20188min
Canada's fight over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
Getting new oil pipelines built in Canada has become a problem. Producers are keen on expanding their customer base outside the US, eyeing refiners in Asia and Europe. To reach those markets,producers...
1 Touko 20189min
What trends will shape US gas prices this summer?
S&P Global Platts editors Seth Clare and Jeff Bair discuss summer gasoline trends: what's going on with Mexico-bound exports, what you might pay at the pump and the competition to get fuel up the pipe...
27 Huhti 20186min
