Are petrochemicals stepping into a post-pandemic recovery?
As lockdowns ease off and upstream markets begin to recover, the petrochemical sector looks carefully at its own end user demand, as well as to Asian export opportunities. Callum Colford and Abdulaziz...
10 Kesä 202014min
Aviation's future: Fuelled by hydrogen?
Despite challenges in the commercial aviation sector, hydrogen remains a potentially disruptive energy carrier and transportation fuel, particularly in decarbonisation scenarios. Aviation is responsib...
5 Kesä 202048min
From boom to bust: How long can tankers benefit from the floating storage craze?
The recent floating storage boom drove tanker freight earnings to levels last seen during the Golden Tanker Era of 2004-2008, but how sustainable are VLCC time charter equivalent revenues in excess of...
4 Kesä 202015min
Libyan oil exports briefly pick up, NOC gears up for cautious return
Libya exported some crude and condensate from its storage caverns at the Zawiya terminal this week, a first from this port in almost four months. But with the civil conflict still brewing in the volat...
4 Kesä 202010min
A conversation with Mercuria Energy Trading's Marco Dunand
S&P Global Platts talks to Mercuria CEO and co-founder Marco Dunand about the challenges, implications, and opportunities that the COVID-19 pandemic presents across all the key commodity classes in a ...
4 Kesä 202022min
India's steel industry faces tough post-COVID-19 test
India has started to wind back its lockdown regime but domestic demand for steel could remain muted until the October-December quarter. This has left Indian mills relying on overseas markets, particul...
4 Kesä 202010min
Is demand high enough to restart the US ethanol market?
The S&P Global Platts benchmark Chicago Argo ethanol assessment has trended upward and ethanol inventories have started to drop after reaching record highs as production has climbed. Does this mean th...
2 Kesä 202020min
Brazil's sugar and ethanol markets planning a post-pandemic strategy
Brazil, the top global sugar producer and second-largest ethanol producer, started its Center-South crop on April 1, targeting to crush 600 million tons, amid a global consumption crisis and huge unce...
29 Touko 202030min
