The US Crude Export Chronicles: August 2019

This Argus monthly analysis delves into the details of the US crude export landscape, including hot topics, surprises in the US Census trade data and what's in the pipeline.

14 August 2019

IMO 2020 series: navigating the transition period

As we are all more than aware by now, the 0.5pc sulphur cap on marine fuel kicks in next year, but don’t expect there to be an IMO 2020 starting pistol on 1 January. In fact, the race to be ready for next year has already started.

13 August 2019

West Texas Sour: Teaching an old dog new tricks

Podcast: Although historically popular with US midcontinent refiners, West Texas Sour (WTS) has had to change with the times and learn new tricks as both a supply gap filler and a blending component.

12 August 2019

UK power cut 2019: How the system has changed since the last big blackout

The UK has suffered its most significant power cut in over a decade leading to widespread disruption on the transport network. In a rapidly evolving power system, what are the main challenges to ensure reliable power supplies?

09 August 2019

Crude Oil: The Murban Makeover

More than 90pc of Abu Dhabi Murban crude is exported to Asia-Pacific, with Japan, South Korea, Thailand and India as key buyers. But the prospect of more intense competition from increasing exports of US light crude to Asia-Pacific has led Abu Dhabi’s state-owned Adnoc

07 August 2019

From the Economist's Chair: The geopolitics of crude

From the Economist's Chair: The geopolitics of crude - Trade disputes, sanctions and changing trade flows. Geopolitics remain pivotal in influencing crude prices and investor sentiment – to both the upside and downside.

06 August 2019

The US Gulf coast crude network: Opening the floodgates

Podcast: With US Gulf coast crude exports expected to grow well past the current level of 3mn b/d, midstream players are busy building more pipelines to bring crude to the coast.

05 August 2019

EU waste biodiesel: Checks and balances

The news of potentially widespread and lengthy fraud cases seems to have galvanised European biodiesel producers.

02 August 2019

Rare earths and the waiting game

A surprise tariff announcement by US president Donald Trump, 1 August, has raised the spectre of China using rare earths as a political weapon in the trade war with the US.

31 July 2019

Q&A: Paris agreement must limit CER transition

Kelley Kizzier is associate vice-president of international climate change at the Environmental Defense Fund. A long-time climate negotiator, she co-chaired the UN negotiations on article 6 of the Paris climate agreement from 2015-18.

30 July 2019

Is the US shale production growth spurt over?

It’s the classic story of the chicken and the egg — it seems that US shale operators are finding it increasingly difficult to secure third-party financing, which is largely dependent on strong oil market conditions that need healthy operators. Can the larger internation

29 July 2019

How will IMO 2020 affect the petroleum coke market?

The introduction of IMO 2020 is expected to have a marked impact on petcoke markets, with some current aspects of supply and pricing the mirror image of expectations for the next few years.

06 August 2019

Western Canadian Select Houston: A heavy crude benchmark emerges

Podcast: The loss of Venezuelan imports, the stagnation of Mexican production and the diversion of many Mideast grades to Asia has paved the way for Canadian grades to take a strong share of the Gulf coast heavy crude market.

25 July 2019

Opec's waiting game

Saudi oil minister Khalid al-Falih may have “… no doubt… that US shale will peak and decline like every other basin in history”, but with Opec market share steadily decreasing, the question truly is when?

23 July 2019

Forget amber — T-RECs made from woodchips*

New Hampshire's Sullivan County is selling the first T-RECs – that’s thermal renewable energy certificates, not the dinosaur variety - from a biomass plant.

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