Global demand destruction due to pandemic clouds US natural gas storage outlook
US working natural gas in storage started the injection season with levels well above the five-year average. After the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, heavy US demand destruction was anticipated, w...
12 Jun 202012min
Are petrochemicals stepping into a post-pandemic recovery?
As lockdowns ease off and upstream markets begin to recover, the petrochemical sector looks carefully at its own end user demand, as well as to Asian export opportunities. Callum Colford and Abdulaziz...
10 Jun 202014min
Aviation's future: Fuelled by hydrogen?
Despite challenges in the commercial aviation sector, hydrogen remains a potentially disruptive energy carrier and transportation fuel, particularly in decarbonisation scenarios. Aviation is responsib...
5 Jun 202048min
From boom to bust: How long can tankers benefit from the floating storage craze?
The recent floating storage boom drove tanker freight earnings to levels last seen during the Golden Tanker Era of 2004-2008, but how sustainable are VLCC time charter equivalent revenues in excess of...
4 Jun 202015min
Libyan oil exports briefly pick up, NOC gears up for cautious return
Libya exported some crude and condensate from its storage caverns at the Zawiya terminal this week, a first from this port in almost four months. But with the civil conflict still brewing in the volat...
4 Jun 202010min
A conversation with Mercuria Energy Trading's Marco Dunand
S&P Global Platts talks to Mercuria CEO and co-founder Marco Dunand about the challenges, implications, and opportunities that the COVID-19 pandemic presents across all the key commodity classes in a ...
4 Jun 202022min
India's steel industry faces tough post-COVID-19 test
India has started to wind back its lockdown regime but domestic demand for steel could remain muted until the October-December quarter. This has left Indian mills relying on overseas markets, particul...
4 Jun 202010min
Is demand high enough to restart the US ethanol market?
The S&P Global Platts benchmark Chicago Argo ethanol assessment has trended upward and ethanol inventories have started to drop after reaching record highs as production has climbed. Does this mean th...
2 Jun 202020min
