Platts Oil Markets Podcasts
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Podcast Description
Platts editors analyze the top oil news and pricing stories from around the globe. This is a collection of Platts three key oil podcast series -- 'What's moving the European oil market,' 'What's moving the Americas oil market,' and the 'Oil Roundtable: top three news stories'.
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European cracks tumble on low petrochemical demand, Asian weakness | Andrew Bonnington, Platts senior managing editor for EMEA clean products, explains the recent weakness and return to contango in the European naphtha market. Cheap LPG and thin Asian cracking demand are dampening appetite for European naphtha grades with little immediate prospect on the horizon for a rebound. | 30 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Iran shipping sanctions causing oil, methanol markets angst | Platts news director for Asia, Thomas Hogue, speaks to Takeo Kumagai, Tokyo oil correspondent, and Ng Baoying, associate editor for Asian petrochemicals and soft commodities, on the continuing implications of the Iran sanctions imposed by the US and European Union that have affected the oil and methanol markets. | 25 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What does Seaway reversal mean for Midwest refiners? | The long-awaited Seaway Pipeline reversal has started, with crude being delivered from the glutted US Midwest to Gulf Coast refiners. What has the impact been on oil futures, and what could the reversal mean for Midwest refining margins going forward? Jeff Mower, Alison Ciaccio, and James Bambino discuss. | 18 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shipping industry hit hard by US and European sanctions on Iranian oil | Platts news director for Asia, Thomas Hogue, speaks to Goh Shu Hui, fuel oil markets reporter, and Pradeep Rajan, Platts' Singapore-based shipping reporter, on how the sanctions imposed on Iran by the US and Europe have impacted the shipping industry. | 10 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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North Sea crude exports to South Korea continue unabated | Platts crude oil reporters Olivier Lejeune and Daniel Colover discuss the continuous flow of North Sea crude to South Korea seen since December 2011, which has increased European crude prices and limited refiners’ profit margins for the benefit of UK and Norwegian oil producers, crude traders have said. The European Commission says it has not received any formal complaints from the European refining community. | 10 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sluggish economy drains NYMEX crude gains | Petroleum futures have tubled over the past week, with NYMEX front-month crude down roughly $10/b since May 1. What's driving the decline? Jeff Mower, editor-in-chief of Platts Oilgram Price Report, and Alison Ciaccio, futures editor, explain what's going on. | 8 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Russian fuel exports rise in Q1 despite 60-66 tax regime | Elza Turner, Russian domestic market reporter, and fuel oil reporters George Martiniuc and Ned Molloy, discuss the impact of the new Russian tax regime on fuel oil export flows so far and why levels remain steady despite the less favorable duty. | 1 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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RBOB gasoline futures on a bearish streak | Jeff Mower, editor-in-chief of Oilgram Price Report, and James Bambino, futures editor, discuss the recent decline, pointing to lower physical gasoline prices in Europe as well as renewed confidence in the market that supply will be able to meet summer demand. | 25 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The impact of growing piracy in West Africa on the shipping industry | Ellie Weir, Platts EMEA team leader for shipping, and Eklavya Gupte, tackle the growing issue of piracy in West Africa and look at the reasons it has been increasing this year along with the impact that it is having on the shipping industry. | 24 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Australian Q1 oil production results released; paradox of regulation | Platts news director for Asia, Thomas Hogue, speaks to Mriganka Jaipuryar, senior editor for Platts' Oilgram News, and Christine Forester, senior writer based in Australia, about the paradox of governmental regulation on oil prices, as well as the recent production results revealed by Australia's top oil producers. | 20 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Oil Markets: No lag in Japan's LSFO demand | Takeo Kumagai, Platts Tokyo news correspondent, and Jonty Rushforth, senior managing editor, discuss Japanese demand for low sulfur fuel oil and its effect on the international markets. | 19 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Urals cracking margins in NWE hit highest level since 2008 | Daniel Colover Platts EMEA crude oil editor and Ned Molloy Platts EMEA fuel oil editor, discuss how the Urals cracking margin in NWE has risen to the highest level since 2008 and how strength in the low sulphur fuel oil market has played a part in this rise. | 17 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Impact of recent oil spills significant; OPEC issues two oil production estimates | Platts EMEA oil news team discusses concerns surrounding recent oil spills, including the gas leak at Total's Elgin platform in the UK North Sea; and assesses the implications of OPEC having released two sets of data for their own crude oil production for the first time. | 13 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Weak demand and high prices hit EMEA jet fuel market | Helen Robertson, Platts EMEA middle distillate editor, discusses how weak demand for jet fuel in Northwest Europe and high outright prices have affected the market and caused European airline profits to suffer. | 12 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why are Chinese state oil companies stocking up on upstream oil and gas? | Song Yen Ling, Platts senior writer for the Chinese oil markets, discusses the overall upstream oil and gas reserves growth for Chinese state oil companies. | 12 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The state of oil and products in the US | David Ruisard, Platts US light ends editor, and Esa Ramasamy, director of Americas oil for Platts, discuss why we shouldn't worry about $4 per gallon at the pump in the US. | 29 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Slow demand and high stocks pressure European biofuels in Q1 | Guilherme Kfouri, associate editor for Platts EMEA fuel ethanol, and Maria Tsay, assistant editor for Platts EMEA biodiesel, discuss factors that have been pressuring European biofuels markets in the first quarter of 2012. | 21 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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WTI/Brent spread and increase in US exports of refined products | John Kingston, director of news, Jeff Mower, editor-in-chief of Platts Oilgram Price Report, and Alison Ciaccio, futures reporter, discuss the wide WTI/Brent spread and the increase in US exports of refined products. What is keeping the WTI/Brent spread so wide, and what will be the "new normal"? Can US refiners continue to export products at a record pace without drawing too much political heat? | 16 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Global refining margins sink as product prices lag crude gains | Jeff Mower, editor-in-chief of Platts Oilgram Price Report, and Tim Worledge, middle distillate team leader in London, discuss how refining margins have turned lower in March, turning negative in parts of the US and Europe, as refiners are paying up for crude supply. | 8 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alternatives to Iranian crude supply; Gunvor's refinery purchase; Brent and WTI rangebound between supply concerns and economic | Robert Perkins, senior news correspondent in London, Stuart Elliott, managing director of European news, and Geoff King, oil futures editor, discuss how Turkey is investigating alternatives to Iranian crude supply; the market is surprised at Gunvor's refinery purchase; and Brent and WTI are rangebound between supply concerns and economic worries. | 8 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How are shipping lines responding to record-high bunker prices? | Ned Molloy, EMEA bunker fuel editor and Eklavya Gupte, EMEA shipping editor, discuss how shipping lines are responding to record high bunker fuel prices at many ports, and how the freight market is responding. Reducing buying volumes in the hope that crude oil prices will fall is only half the story, with many ship owners increasingly prioritizing the cheapest ports for their bunkering operations. | 7 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dichotomy of European high and low sulfur fuel oil values | Benno Spencer, team leader for European dirty products, Chris Vowden, senior EMEA oil editor and George Martiniuc, EMEA fuel oil editor, discuss the factors influencing the recent weakness of the European high sulfur fuel oil market and investigate the reasons behind the contrasting strength of low sulfur fuel oil, finally touching on the potential demand destruction resulting on the recent flat-price highs. | 7 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 22 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
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Good podcast. Good speakers most times. The guy Tim is good and John Handy is kinda funny.
Jon Handy
Sure, Handy's funny but, frankly, we've been carrying him lately.
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