US benzene price surge has ripple affect
Bernardo Fallas, managing editor of the Americas, and John Calton, associate editor for aromatics, delve into the factors behind the recent surge in benzene prices on the US Gulf Coast, what the marke...
4 Feb 20147min
Interview: Challenges facing carbon capture and storage in Europe
Ahead of Platts' annual CCS conference in Brussels February 18-19, Henry Edwardes-Evans spoke to Dr Graeme Sweeney, Chairman of the Zero Emissions Platform, on the European Commission's energy and cli...
29 Jan 201413min
US gas prices soar on Arctic blasts
US natural gas prices -- both future and spot -- are soaring as the nation sees unusual winter cold. Platts' Bentek unit sees at least 700 Bcf more gas coming out of storage by mid-February, worrying ...
28 Jan 20145min
Interview: Stephen Bowers, Evonik, on the outlook for European crude C4 market (part 2)
Platts petrochemicals editors, Miguel Cambeiro and Antonios Panagiotopoulos, talk to Stephen Bowers, Global Projects, Advanced Intermediates - Performance Intermediates, Evonik, on the challenges and ...
22 Jan 201411min
Heating demand boosts natural gas to all-time high
Platts natural gas editors Letitia Vasquez and T.L. Hamilton discuss the record highs reached in Northeast daily and forward natural gas prices brought on by the polar vortex when heating demand was w...
21 Jan 20144min
Interview: Stephen Bowers, Evonik, on the outlook for European MTBE, gasoline markets (part 1)
Platts petrochemicals editor, Antonios Panagiotopoulos talks to Stephen Bowers, Global Projects, Advanced Intermediates - Performance Intermediates, Evonik, on the challenges and risks facing the Euro...
17 Jan 20145min
Italian gas, power prices see a bearish start to the year as outlook remains uncertain
Beatrice Bedeschi, associate editor for European gas and power, discusses recent regulatory developments in the Italian markets and price trends at the start of 2014. We welcome any feedback or sugges...
17 Jan 20146min
Interview: Ineos director Tom Crotty on falling profits from European petrochemical assets
Global petrochemical producer Ineos has seen its profit from European assets halve while those from the US have tripled in the last three years. Tom Crotty, group director, talks to Platts' Nandita La...
17 Jan 201412min
