23 September 2021 Market Talks: Prices in the Brazilian natural gas open market The opening of the Brazilian natural gas market will lead to new contracts of gas supply, moving from the current pricing model based on petroleum-to-gas contract pricing to a gas-to-gas pricing model.
22 September 2021 Voluntary carbon markets: increasing interest, persisting challenges Voluntary carbon markets are becoming a familiar feature in corporations’ efforts to offset emissions, with “carbon farming” being a nascent but promising sector in this context. What is the potential for this market and what challenges do we foresee in its widespread a
22 September 2021 The Crude Report: Argentina’s Medanito sails overseas Previously a locally-kept secret, Argentina’s Medanito crude oil has found its way into the global market. With its WTI-like quality, it has started finding homes in Chile, The Netherlands, Denmark and, most notably, the US west coast.
21 September 2021 Chemical Conversations: Argus-Freightos podcast on container supply chain and new polymer freight Argus VP of Global Business Development Muhamad Fadhil speaks with Argus President of Global Expansion Markets Christopher Flook and Freightos CEO Zvi Schreiber in this exclusive Chemical Conversations podcast. Fadhil, Chris and Zvi discuss in depth the container shippi
21 September 2021 Weight of Freight — Oil, Germs, and Shipping: 2H2021 northeast Asia oil product tanker outlook Asia-Pacific clean tanker rates are likely to push higher for the second half of 2021, following usual seasonal demand upturns, opening economies facilitated by increased levels of global vaccination, and higher tonne-mile-demand following arbitrage economics.
20 September 2021 Iron ore tumbles as met coal soars to new highs Iron ore prices have tumbled to less than half their record high in May, squeezed by demand cuts in China and margin pressures from metallurgical coal prices soaring to unprecedented levels.
16 September 2021 Jet Fuel Insights: Aviation carbon offset and reduction schemes Tune in to learn about SAF carbon offsets and emissions reductions in this latest episode in the Jet Fuel Insights series.
15 September 2021 Market Talks: Frosts and drought boost coffee prices Following frosts in late-July, market is now concerned on droughts impacts in Brazil’s main coffee producing areas, that can impact flowering from September onward.
15 September 2021 The Crude Report: ANS flows across the other, bigger pond Alaskan North Slope (ANS) crude cargoes continue to be exported to the Asia-Pacific. So far in 2021, at least eight cargoes have been loaded, including one that discharged in Japan, which was the country’s first import of ANS in nearly five years.
15 September 2021 Global base oils market snapshot – Week of 13 September 2021 Global base oil prices have mostly fallen as surplus supply has increased and demand has slowed. But the pace of the fall in prices has been uneven. Prices for some grades have fallen more steeply than others. Prices in some regions have held firm.
10 September 2021 Discord in the shipping industry has the chemicals sector dancing to its tune The global shipping industry has been disrupted throughout the past two years. Container shortages, a lack of vessel availability, delays at ports, insufficient port capacity and infrastructure, and strong demand for goods have all resulted in challenges in securing shi
09 September 2021 Market Talks: The biodiesel market opening in Brazil After the announcement that there will be no more public biodiesel auctions as of January 2022, it is necessary to understand the impact of this on the market.
08 September 2021 Weight of Freight: Floating storage release is key to tanker scrapping Tanker scrapping has soared this year on depressed freight rates and elevated scrap prices, but will that trend continue? Argus spoke with Tamara Apostolou, the head of research for shipbroker Intermodal, about the many factors that could affect scrapping and the crude
08 September 2021 The Crude Report: Hurricane Ida's impact at the US Gulf coast Hurricane Ida landed along the Louisiana coast on 29 August 2021 as a category 4 storm, affecting not only the region’s refineries but also offshore production operations of a lot of the country’s medium sour crude oils.
07 September 2021 Chemical Conversations: Special Edition on Hurricane Ida and global impact The effects of the cold snap in February are still being felt today in polymer markets outside of the Americas. Hurricane Ida impacted the production of key plastics producers in the US Gulf. How will this affect markets globally?
