Italian gas storage system inches towards further liberalization
Beatrice Bedeschi, associate editor for European gas and power, examines a recent reform of gas storage rules in Italy that introduces auctions to allocate capacity, against the backdrop of narrowing ...
18 Mar 20147min
Mexico prepares for next phase of Pemex, oil industry evolution
Starr Spencer, senior editor of oil news in the Platts Houston office, takes a look at what kind of decisions are being made in Mexico as state oil company Pemex goes through some radical changes in 2...
14 Mar 20144min
US Northeast natural gas markets, battered by winter, brace for another storm
Platts US natural gas editors Rodney White, Tiffany Hamilton, Jessica Marron, and Bill Holland discuss how the tired US Northeast gas markets are trying to look past another upcoming winter storm and ...
12 Mar 20146min
US PVC demand continues rising domestically as global demand drops
Platts US petrochemicals editors Christopher Ferrell and Pavel Pavlov examine why domestically produced PVC is experiencing rising demand and prices in the US while global markets have more subdued tr...
10 Mar 20145min
Interview: UK wholesale power market reform, the capacity mechanism and market design
Ahead of Platts' European Power Summit in Berlin on 28-29 April, 2014, Henry Edwardes-Evans spoke to Angela Knight, Chief Executive of trade association Energy UK, about regulator Ofgem's wholesale po...
28 Feb 201414min
'Polar Vortex 3' jangles North America's gas markets again
The Arctic chill is the third wave from the north to push temperatures below frigid in heavy natural gas buying markets such as Chicago, Boston, and New York. Platts editors Valarie Jackson,Chris Trem...
24 Feb 20146min
Winter weather wreaks havoc on US petrochemical business
Platts US petrochemicals editors Jeremy Rakes and Chris Ferrell examine the effects that this year's harsh winter weather has had on the logistical side of the US petrochemical business, including an ...
24 Feb 20145min
Severe winter weather draws down US coal stocks
Platts editors Andrew Moore and Valarie Jackson discuss the impact of the recent cold weather on US coal stockpiles and the effect of natural gas price volatility on coal as the dominant fuel for elec...
21 Feb 20145min
