Voters taking on the tax man in US midterm elections
California voters are about to have the chance to ditch a recently passed increase in their gasoline tax. Is there a chance that they will vote against their self-interest and in favor of the greater ...
31 Okt 201813min
Spiking trans-Atlantic freight rates hamper flows of US crude to Europe
US crude exports to Europe have declined in the past few weeks as the cost to move barrels across the Atlantic has risen. US crude editor Laura Huchzermeyer joins Americas crude oil managing editor Jo...
30 Okt 20184min
IMO 2020: Challenge and opportunity for shipowners
The International Maritime Organization has mandated bunker sulfur limits to drop to 0.5% sulfur on January 1, 2020, from 3.5% sulfur currently. Regardless of the compliance option shipowners choose, ...
24 Okt 20189min
An atypical year for Brazilian steel: Price hikes, slow recovery and presidential elections
The pricing power of domestic mills in Brazil was built on strengthening Chinese steel prices over the past few months, putting Brazilian steel products near discounts against imported material. Histo...
19 Okt 20186min
European paraxylene market transforms amid global fundamental shifts
The European paraxylene market is seeing significant changes this year as fundamental shifts in global demand and supply yield opportunities and challenges for the region. The start-up of a new downst...
19 Okt 20188min
US power markets brace for winter
North American power pricing specialists Kelli Ainsworth, Kassia Micek and Jeff Zhou, all based in Houston, look back on how US power markets fared over the summer, where ERCOT markets sizzled out, bu...
10 Okt 20189min
Is blending biofuel in the bunker fuel pool a viable alternative to installing scrubbers?
As the bunkering industry gears up for the International Maritime Organization's tighter sulfur emission standards from 2020 onward, is the blending of biofuels a viable way to reduce emissions? S&P G...
2 Okt 20186min
Trump's steel tariffs and their impact on the US energy sector
When US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on steel imports earlier this year, the impacts went far beyond that industry, with ripple effects for crude oil, natural gas, LNG export projects and pe...
27 Sep 201836min
