Black & Veatch restructures amid US energy transition to renewables, distributed resources
Amid the US energy transition toward increasing volumes of renewable energy and distributed energy resources like microgrids and demand response, global power sector engineering company Black & Veatch...
12 Jul 201915min
Asian naphtha rebounds from 11-year low crack but trade concerns remain
Refineries worldwide have been consuming more light sweet crude oil, resulting in an oversupply of light distillates products market. In the second quarter, naphtha was the worst performer across the ...
3 Jul 20194min
Bulls, bugs and beans: dry freight markets in Q2 and Q3
S&P Global Platts shipping editors George Griffiths and Sam Eckett review recent developments affecting supply and demand in the container and dry bulk freight markets and look ahead to Q3, including ...
2 Jul 20190s
Could rain woes sink US corn and ethanol?
US corn futures have been soaring since May, as persistent rains have pummeled the Midwest. Now, the impact of the rains are being felt not just for corn, but for ethanol as well. Platts agriculture ...
25 Jun 201915min
Wet weather delays fieldwork, drops US Midwest diesel prices
Severe weather this year in the US Midwest has kept farmers from planting crops, cutting regional diesel demand. Even with prices at multimonth lows, the market is unlikely to quickly reverse course d...
13 Jun 201910min
Novatek's Mark Gyetvay on LNG, US sanctions and trade tensions
Mark Gyetvay, CFO and deputy chairman of the management board at Novatek, visits S&P Global Platts for an interview with S&P Global Platts senior writer for LNG, Lucie Roux. In it, he discusses how th...
7 Jun 20190s
Marine Fuel 0.5% cash, derivatives prices surge as markets prepare for IMO 2020
Markets are now gearing up for the implementation of the International Maritime Organization's new sulfur cap regulation, which takes effect on January 1, 2020. Shipowners are increasingly taking comp...
7 Jun 20197min
Heading into summer, California power forwards soar, ERCOT reserve margin narrows
Last summer, ERCOT saw record power demand, while California power prices reached an all-time high. With another summer coming up, S&P Global Platts senior pricing specialists Kassia Micek, Kelli Ains...
7 Jun 201910min
