Oil futures turn volatile as market unpacks Suez Canal blockage; Guyana producers stay on target
The oil futures market has been volatile on news that a large container ship was blocking the Suez Canal, a key artery for petroleum shipments, but do spot markets give a better indication of the impa...
30 Mar 202115min
Carbon pricing, storage levels, LNG outages: Global links emerge to drive natural gas price movements
Recent dynamics driving unseasonably high JKM and TTF pricing, ranging from elevated carbon pricing and LNG outages creating supply disturbance in Asia, have further illustrated the emerging global li...
25 Mar 202119min
Will shipping energy efficiency regulations cause more headaches for owners?
The International Maritime Organization has approved amendments to its MARPOL Annex VI regulations, introducing an Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) that is expected to come into force in 2023. S&...
24 Mar 20218min
Container freight costs climb as priority-loading premiums take centerstage in Asia
The cost to ship goods on containers are climbing as additional premiums, such as the priority-loading premium, take hold in the market. The premium, which can be from 50-70% over the freight all kind...
24 Mar 202111min
Mexico's Pemex announces large oil discovery, but faces challenges in reaching production goals
Mexico's Pemex recently announced it had discovered more than 1.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent in an onshore complex in the state of Tabasco, near the site where the company is planning to build ...
19 Mar 202112min
Brazil's Center-South readies for 2021-22 sugar, ethanol season
Brazil's Center-South region will kick off the 2021-22 sugar and ethanol crop season April 1 and producers are betting again on high international sugar prices and depreciated Brazilian real to increa...
18 Mar 202127min
Logistics, tight supply pose challenges to China's copper concentrates market
China consumes around 50% of world's copper and will continue to play a critical role in the market this year. S&P Global Platts metals experts Keith Tan and Han Lu examine China's appetite for copper...
12 Mar 20219min
Fleet vehicle electrification could be big growth driver for US EVs
US plug-in electric vehicles accounted for 2.6% of total sales in December, tied with Nov. 2020 for a record high and year-to-date PEVs account for just shy of 2% of all light duty vehicles sold in th...
4 Mar 202121min
