21 May 2020 Market Talks: Reviewing record early sales of Brazil’s grains harvest Brazilian soybean and corn crops continue to break production and early sales records, driven by favorable exchange rates for farmers. How is this performance reflected along the agriculture value chain and how has it impacted the fertilizer market?
18 May 2020 Covid-19 — questions from the sulphur market on the sulphur market Listen in as Claira Lloyd answers questions from her most recent webinar on Covid-19's impact on the global sulphur market.
18 May 2020 Driving Discussions: Balancing Russia's gasoline market in volatile times Listen in to the latest Driving Discussions podcast, this time spotlighting the state of Russia's gasoline market in the midst of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
14 May 2020 Market Talks: The impacts of Covid-19 on Brazil’s ethanol and gasoline markets Brazilian ethanol production was directly impacted by circulation restrictions imposed just before the beginning of the sugarcane harvest on April 1, which brought even more uncertainty to an already delicate scenario.
14 May 2020 French nuclear crisis: Will history repeat itself? The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted most aspects of life, and French power plant maintenance schedules are no exception. Could the French power market be about to experience its most challenging winter since 2016-17?
14 May 2020 The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Asian bitumen markets | Episode 2 The impact of Covid-19 has been felt significantly in Asian bitumen markets in Asia. As countries shut borders and enforced lockdowns, road construction activity slowed and then completely halted.
14 May 2020 A perfect storm for GCC steelmakers The Covid-19 pandemic, combined with the timing of the oil price collapse, could have created one of the most hostile steel markets for the GCC region ever.
13 May 2020 Driving Discussions: The Impact of Covid-19 on European fuel markets and refineries (part 2) The Driving Discussions series returns to Europe to examine the changes in Covid-19's impact on refineries with a special focus on utilisation rates.
13 May 2020 Narrow arb blocks Canadian crude from USGC Production cuts have supported Canadian crude prices at Edmonton and Hardisty, with the consequence of closing the arbitrage to the US Gulf coast.
12 May 2020 Post Covid-19 economic rebound to hinge on varied regional approaches to unemployment/worker subsidies The pressing question facing the entire global petrochemical chain is just how long it will take to jump start the economy across the regions.
08 May 2020 Venezuelan oil plan runs aground A sweeping proposal to draw investment into an Opec nation would normally turn some heads. That is what Venezuela’s US-backed political opposition had been expecting when it rolled out the final draft of a comprehensive hydrocarbons reform bill last week.
07 May 2020 Engine cleanliness now the main challenge for marine lubricants Interview with Serge Dal Farra, marketing manager at Total Lubmarine, which blends marine lubricants in 65 locations and supplies more than 1,000 ports across the world.
06 May 2020 Aviation fuel market turbulence: Market update Join us with our partner Refinitiv for an update on the aviation fuel market.
05 May 2020 Driving Discussions: Brazilian motor fuels market after coronavirus The Covid-19 pandemic has made its way to Brazil. What has happened to motor fuel demand in this country? And how will domestic and international imports be affected?
05 May 2020 Covid-19 crushes global power demand and coal consumption in April Global coal demand was dealt a significant blow in April, as restrictions in many countries to curb the spread of Covid-19 slashed power demand and weighed heavily on industrial output.
