19 September 2020 Libya NOC lifts force majeure from ‘safe’ fields, ports Libya's state-owned NOC said it has lifted force majeure measures from "safe" fields and oil terminals but will retain these restrictions for assets still allegedly infiltrated by foreign mercenaries and Russian paramilitary group Wagner. Filter: Crude oil Africa More filters
18 September 2020 Colombian fuel becomes western Venezuela mainstay Drivers in western Venezuela depend increasingly on gasoline smuggled in from Colombia, reversing decades of contraband flow in which cheap Venezuelan fuel routinely filled Colombian tanks on the other side of the porous border. Filter: Oil products Latin America and Caribbean More filters
18 September 2020 US diesel flips to rare discount to gasoline, VGO The Covid-19 pandemic is wrecking havoc on US refined products supply and demand, reversing typical price relationships between products and forcing refiners to consider options that would have been previously improbable. Filter: Oil products North America More filters
18 September 2020 Unease at 'limited' EU bioenergy growth projections The European Commission's "limited" projection for bioenergy consumption growth out to 2030 is concerning, and the commission's focus on minimising use of whole trees for bioenergy is "troubling", according to industry association Bioenergy Europe. Filter: Bioenergy Europe More filters
18 September 2020 US to pay farmers another $14bn of aid The US today allocated an additional $14bn of aid to farmers coping with market disruptions and losses spurred by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Filter: Fertilizer North America More filters
18 September 2020 Brazil to end biodiesel auctions, permit imports Brazil's energy ministry has recommended ending biodiesel procurement auctions after concluding that the market is sufficiently mature to allow contracts to be freely negotiated among distributors and producers. Filter: Bioenergy Latin America and Caribbean More filters
18 September 2020 South Korean coal prices at three-month high Thermal coal prices for South Korea jumped to a three-month high this week amid ongoing nuclear outages and wider strength across Asia-Pacific. Filter: Coal Asia-Pacific More filters
18 September 2020 Oil market rebalance in 2H 2021: Argus Consulting A rebalance in the global oil market will occur in the second half of 2021, according to Argus Consulting Services, a delay from previous forecasts of a mid-2021 rebalancing because of slower demand recovery. Filter: Crude oil More filters
18 September 2020 Atlantic coking coal: Prices hold steady After surging over the past fortnight on the back of tightening stocks and growing optimism among miners anxious to emerge from a market trough, US coking prices were stable today. Filter: Metals Europe North America More filters
18 September 2020 Trinidad to inspect Venezuela oil storage vessel Trinidad and Tobago is concluding arrangements with Venezuela to allow its inspectors to access a damaged oil storage vessel in the Gulf of Paria, the Caribbean state's energy ministry told Argus . Filter: Crude oil Latin America and Caribbean More filters
18 September 2020 German UERs upset European biodiesel markets The recent approval of several upstream emission reduction (UER) projects in Germany has caused uncertainty among European biodiesel traders, with the effect of the additional CO2-savings on the market unclear. Filter: Bioenergy Europe More filters
18 September 2020 European 4Q FeCr benchmark unchanged at $1.14/lb The European benchmark for ferro-chrome has been set at $1.14/lb for the fourth quarter of 2020, a rollover from July-September. Filter: Metals Africa Europe More filters
18 September 2020 Agreement reached to lift Libyan oil blockade The Libyan National Army (LNA) said it has reached an agreement with the rival Government of National Accord (GNA) and tribal factions to resume Libyan crude output after an eight-month blockade. Filter: Crude oil Africa More filters
18 September 2020 Arktika icebreaker readies for NSR Russian state-owned Rosatomflot's 60MW Arktika nuclear icebreaker is set to leave for its Northern Sea Route (NSR) base in Murmansk on 22 September, Russian shipbuilder United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) said. Filter: Natural gas/LNG FSU More filters
18 September 2020 China issues 12th scrap metal import quota tranche China issued a 12th tranche of scrap metal import quotas for 2020 on Thursday as it continued to delay clarification of its new scrap import policy, to the consternation of international recycling markets. Filter: Metals Asia-Pacific More filters
