Plastic vs. aluminum beverage containers: Which will win the global sustainability race?
Plastic usage and recycling has become a hot-button topic recently, as the push for sustainable products is forefront in manufacturing goals. Aluminum has long been touted the beverage package of choi...
4 Aug 202126min
Midstream investors to see if commercial pickup in natural gas, LNG translated to Q2 bottom line
S&P Global Platts senior natural gas writer Harry Weber, S&P Global Market Intelligence senior midstream finance reporter Allison Good and Platts managing editor for Americas LNG Luke Stobbart discuss...
20 Juli 202111min
Increased US refining demand stifling Americas tanker freight amid summer doldrums
US refineries have ramped up production in the second quarter as domestic demand for gasoline and diesel grows and global energy markets begin to adjust back to pre-pandemic demand and production leve...
9 Juli 202115min
Food, fuel and feed: How consumption patterns have affected prices
In this episode of the S&P Global Platts Agriculture Focus podcast, the Platts EMEA Agriculture team discusses how the prices of different agricultural commodities, from wheat, corn and rice, to veg o...
6 Juli 202118min
Cheniere looks to lead on ESG just as it does on US LNG
Cheniere, the biggest exporter of LNG in the US, is working to secure sufficient buyer interest for a proposed mid-scale expansion at its Corpus Christi liquefaction facility in Texas. It is also purs...
2 Juli 202126min
Feedwheat vs corn: The great debate in the minds of Asian feedbuyers
Raw feed materials have seen unprecedented growth in prices, putting a dent in the Asian feedmakers' margins. In this podcast, S&P Global Platts editors Elizabeth Thang, Takmila Shahid, and Ivy Li exa...
30 Juni 202112min
USGC-Asia naphtha flows spike in Q2 despite tanker owner reticence
Flows of naphtha from the US Gulf Coast to Asia have reached record highs in May and June, drawn by fresh demand from Asia's steam crackers returning from seasonal maintenance and new units coming onl...
29 Juni 202113min
US Supreme Court sides with refiners, RINs tumble
The US Supreme Court's June 25 decision opens the door for further small refinery exemptions. With bearish-for-RIN prices, Janet McGurty and Josh Pedrick of S&P Global Platts talk about what could be ...
25 Juni 202113min
