Soybean export markets hold breath on US-China updates
Soybean markets are holding their breath while the US and China discuss a possible resolution of the trade war that shook global trade flows in 2018. As tentative signs of reconciliation begin to emer...
23 Jan 201917min
How fears of a US recession could impact spending in the US natural gas midstream sector
S&P Global Platts senior natural gas writer Harry Weber and Americas natural gas managing editor Joe Fisher discuss the outlook for the US midstream sector as fourth-quarter 2018 earnings reporting se...
16 Jan 201911min
IMO 2020: Evolution of the refining landscape
Jason Silber, global head of Platts Ocean Intelligence, is joined by Janet McGurty, senior oil writer at S&P Global Platts, and Richard Joswick, head of oil pricing and trade flow analytics for S&P Gl...
15 Jan 201926min
Oil market fundamentals: What's driving price sentiment in 2019?
The global oil market has seen major price volatility over recent months and the start of 2019 has proved equally rousing with prices on track to post their biggest weekly gain in over two years. With...
11 Jan 201916min
Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas link on track despite EU regulation risk
Russia's controversial Nord Stream 2 and Turk Stream natural gas pipeline projects are still on track to come online at the end of this year, despite risks of EU regulation and US sanctions. The 55 Bc...
8 Jan 20198min
The numbers behind Trump's talk of cheaper gasoline in 2019
There's a kernel of truth behind President Donald Trump's tweet on cheap gasoline. S&P Global Platts editors Seth Clare and Jeff Bair look at the fundamentals behind Trump's Twitter prediction that ga...
2 Jan 201910min
As US-China trade war simmers, impacts felt across many commodities
The US-China trade war has taken a number of twists and turns since July 6, when the US and China put into place 25% tariffs on $34 billion of each other's goods. Most recently the two sides agreed to...
21 Dec 201830min
The fast dismantling of the Venezuelan HBI industry: lack of pellets, credit and confidence
The number of factors hampering trade of Venezuelan HBI seems unlimited, and its relevance to the global industry is disappearing as it has been working at much-reduced rates for years. Moreover, redu...
19 Dec 20189min
