New policies in India and China could spell oil demand slowdown
India and China are putting in place new policies to control pollution, particularly in their major cities. In this podcast, Platts editors Mriganka Jaipuriyar and Sambit Mohanty, and senior writer...
View ArticleLNG to the rescue - but does the EU need saving?
LNG is all set to save the day and secure the EU's gas supplies, but does the EU actually need saving, and is LNG right for the role? Siobhan Hall, Reginald Ajuonuma and Desmond Wong discuss the...
View ArticleWhat does China's 'painful adjustment' mean to commodities?
China has just laid out its 13th five-year plan, outlining its key themes and targets. Platts editorial director for China Sebastian Lewis says there were no huge surprises in the official...
View ArticleThe EU's nuclear option: white elephant or essential low carbon generation?
The EU will need to invest up to Eur500 billion in new nuclear by 2050, just to replace much of the old nuclear due to go offline by then, according to the latest European Commission estimates. With...
View ArticleWill China's commodity exchanges be able to create international commodity...
China's commodity exchanges such as the Dalian Commodity Exchange and the Shanghai Futures Exchange may be closed to international participants, but their influence on global markets is undeniable. In...
View ArticleWhy are UK power prices higher than the rest of Europe?
As the UK votes on whether to leave the EU, we ask if UK or EU policies are more important for UK power prices. Siobhan Hall, Anu Ramanathan and Glenn Rickson look at why UK power prices are...
View ArticleSouth China Sea ruling keeps oil, commodities trade on tenterhooks
On July 12, Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration declared that China's nine-dash line and claims to historic rights in the South China Sea have no validity under international law. China,...
View ArticleEU gears up to drive oil out of transport
The EU wants to cut its transport emissions and high oil import dependency, but can biofuels or renewable electricity really displace oil on a large scale? Siobhan Hall, Sean Bartlett and Ross...
View ArticleChina's supply-side reforms give steel, coal sectors a boost
Sebastian Lewis, S&P Global Platts' head of content for China, and Keith Tan, senior managing editor of metals, discuss China's supply side reforms and what this means for the region's steel and...
View ArticleGlobal aviation emissions accord to push fuel efficiency, not cuts
The aviation industry has agreed for the first time to start offsetting its greenhouse gas emissions from 2021 under a voluntary, global market-based system. Siobhan Hall, Caroline Knight and Frank...
View ArticleWhat will Trump's presidency mean for Asia?
Will US President-elect Donald Trump rip up the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Will he label China a currency manipulator? Will he actually slap a 45% tariff on Chinese imports to the US? At this point, no...
View ArticleProposed EU ban on coal in power capacity schemes to have little impact in NWE
European Commission proposals for a 550g CO2/kWh emissions limit on power plants in capacity mechanisms would effectively ban coal plants, if approved. But the impact on northwest Europe's largest...
View ArticleRecord Russian natural gas flows via Nord Stream 1 fall after OPAL injunction
Russia's Gazprom sent record natural gas volumes to Europe in January, making full use of its brief extra access to its OPAL pipeline in Germany to send more gas via Nord Stream 1 to meet higher demand...
View ArticleChina aims for bluer skies ahead, but at what cost to commodity demand?
Prime Minister Li Keqiang wants to make China's skies blue again. But what does this mean for the country's production and consumption of commodities? S&P Global Platts editorial director for China...
View ArticleEU antitrust case makes Russia's Gazprom shift on oil-indexed prices
Russia's Gazprom is offering more flexible natural gas pricing in its contracts with central and eastern European customers in an attempt to avoid being fined by the EU for anti-competitive practices....
View ArticleChina's One Belt, One Road initiative: Overview and implications
The high-profile Belt and Road Forum just concluded in Beijing, with representatives from over 100 countries in attendance. While details for the China's One Belt, One Road or OBOR remain vague, the...
View ArticleBlockchain pitches EU commodity traders, regulators into new territory
Distributed ledger technology called blockchain is set to disrupt commodity markets with new ways of trading and managing physical operations. Europe's biggest utilities have already started working...
View ArticleChina policy, summer demand send thermal coal prices soaring
China’s ban on thermal coal imports at Tier 2 ports in end June have had the initial effect of cooling Asian thermal coal prices. But limited supply availability and the hot summer season have quickly...
View ArticleUS sanction threat raises risk for Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
US President Donald Trump's new powers to put sanctions on companies involved in Russian energy export pipelines could have major consequences for projects like the 55 Bcm/year Nord Stream 2 natural...
View ArticleASEAN beyond 50: Commodity demand outlook and how policy can support growth
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is on track to be the world's fourth largest economy by 2030 and beyond. Its oil demand is expected to rise by about 1.2 million b/d in 2025, LNG demand is...
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