Outlook for ExxonMobil's operations in Russia against backdrop of sanctions
Platts Stuart Elliott, associate editorial director, Europe and Africa oil news, and Rosemary Griffin, Platts Moscow editor, assess the outlook for ExxonMobil's continuing operations in Russia against...
19 Mars 20158min
Import restrictions drag down coal trade in China
China has been mostly inactive in the spot market after the Lunar New Year holiday. Platts associate editors for thermal coal Arusha Das and Mia Corazon Aureus analyze the impact of China's weak deman...
16 Mars 20156min
Winter prompts new US electric power demand records
It's the winter that won't stop in the US, where wholesale electric power markets have been battered by record-setting demand and many prices hit peaks in February. Platts power market reporters Eric ...
5 Mars 20157min
Production and power burn pull on US natural gas markets
More winter storms battering the Northeast US and New England means more natural gas market volatility, but the price movements are more muted than in years past. Senior pricing specialist Curt Mrowie...
18 Feb 20157min
US coal industry grim in 2015, but hoping for upturn in the long term
One of the US coal industry's biggest meetings, the CoalTrans Conference, recently gave Platts coal editors some further insight into the mood of the markets. While many in the industry foresee a drop...
12 Feb 20155min
Price developments in German, Polish power markets
Petra Witowski and Andreas Franke, editors for Platts European Power Daily, analyze recent price trends in the German and Polish power markets and discuss how these trends may have influenced utilitie...
3 Feb 20155min
Current North American rig counts serve as barometer of upstream oil sector
As global crude oil prices have plunged, rig counts for the US and Canada have also fallen. Starr Spencer, senior editor for oil news, delves into the specifics of the rig counts and explains how oil ...
26 Jan 20155min
Eastern US electric power markets settle into more seasonal norms
Winter in the US is starting to add upward pressure on wholesale power prices, but this winter is markedly different from the last. The ISO-New England has a changing fuel generation mix — including l...
23 Jan 20157min
