05 July 2020 UAE merges energy and infrastructure ministries The UAE has merged its energy and infrastructure ministries into a new body to be headed by the current energy minister Suhail al-Mazrouei. Filter: Crude oil Natural gas/LNG Oil products Middle East More filters
03 July 2020 Venezuela’s oil production sinks to 300,000 b/d Venezuela kicked off July with only around 300,000 b/d of crude production and no oil rigs in operation, according to a series of internal operation reports from state-owned PdV. Filter: Crude oil Latin America and Caribbean More filters
03 July 2020 Post-Chesapeake, associated gas risk grows The long-expected bankruptcy of US shale gas pioneer Chesapeake Energy may be an outlier for a sector that has learned to live within its means, but recovering tight oil and associated gas output could add pressure to an already weak US gas market. Filter: Crude oil Natural gas/LNG North America More filters
03 July 2020 Atlantic LNG: TFDE September-October rates rise Spot charter rates for tri-fuel diesel-electric (TFDE) vessels in September-October rose on Friday, tracking greater interest in slow sailing as focus began to turn to the contango in delivered prices in both basins. Filter: Natural gas/LNG Africa Latin America and Caribbean North America More filters
03 July 2020 Atlantic coking coal: Steady on limited 3Q cargoes The US coking coal market is holding steady as it enters the third quarter, with lower inventories and stronger selling positions balancing out ongoing uncertainty over Chinese import restrictions and the absence of Indian spot demand. Filter: Metals Europe North America More filters
03 July 2020 South Korean coal prices edge higher The South Korean coal market firmed slightly this week, with coal still ahead of gas in the merit order for power generation as seasonal cooling demand ramps up. Filter: Coal Asia-Pacific More filters
03 July 2020 Japanese scrap price tumbles on weak demand Japan's Tokyo Steel announced today that it will cut its domestic scrap collection prices on all grades tomorrow, the third such price cut within a week. Filter: Metals Asia-Pacific More filters
03 July 2020 Spanish bunker sales decline accelerates in May The fall in bunker sales at Spanish ports continued in May, with Barcelona again bearing the brunt. Filter: Oil products Europe More filters
03 July 2020 Mo price slump widens buying options for catalyst users This year's Covid-19 pandemic related slump in molybdenum prices has widened arbitrage opportunities for western oxide suppliers into China, with buyers both inside and outside China likely to seize the opportunity to lock-in material under term-contracts before economies and prices start to recover Filter: Metals More filters
03 July 2020 NWE 3Q20 gas injections to fall by almost 300 GWh/d The sharpest year-on-year fall in northwest European gas storage injections this summer is yet to come, with the stockbuild expected to drop by almost 300 GWh/d in the third quarter. Filter: Natural gas/LNG Europe More filters
03 July 2020 Venezuela awaits new products cargo from Italy Venezuela will receive another products cargo from Italy next week, highlighting the endurance of debt-related oil trade with EU companies that falls outside the scope of escalating US sanctions on Caracas. Filter: Crude oil Oil products Latin America and Caribbean More filters
03 July 2020 Online gas sales increase share of Gazprom revenue Sales for first-quarter 2020 delivery made by Russia's state-controlled Gazprom on its online platform accounted for its largest share so far of the firm's total revenue from gas sales to Europe, excluding the Baltic states, and Turkey, based on recent corporate filings. Filter: Natural gas/LNG Europe FSU More filters
03 July 2020 Saudi crude exports below 6mn b/d in June Saudi Arabia cut crude exports from domestic terminals by 11pc last month compared with May as it set out to constrain production below its 8.49mn b/d Opec+ quota. Filter: Crude oil Middle East More filters
03 July 2020 Q&A: A life in the cobalt market The international cobalt industry has evolved significantly in the past 40 years, with the metal once treated as a specialised alloying element but now stepping forward as a battery material crucial to the automotive energy transition. Filter: Metals Europe More filters
03 July 2020 Tesla’s EV production falls sharply in 2Q20 US electric vehicle (EV) producer Tesla's output fell sharply in the second quarter of 2020 because of supply chain disruption and plant shutdowns, but deliveries were relatively unscathed despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Filter: Metals More filters
