There's been rapid growth in carbon free commodities like hydrogen, clean ammonia, alternative marine fuels and recycled plastics. Our team of specialists are constantly tracking developments in these fast growing markets in order to deliver the latest insight to help you navigate your route to net zero.
Key markets in the decarbonised commodities space
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Alternative marine fuels include ammonia, hydrogen, biofuel, LNG, and methanol, among others
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Biomass
Modern biomass can be a sustainable source of electricity alongside liquid and gaseous fuels -
Hydrogen
Hydrogen has entered the energy transition discussion as a central tool for decarbonisation -
Recycled plastics
Petrochemical firms have been stepping up their recycling and sustainability initiatives in recent years
Alternative marine fuels specialists
Francis Osborne
Crudo y productos refinados
Josefine Ahlstrom
VP Business Development Europe, Argus
Neil Fleming
Senior Vice President, Editorial
Yeo Yu Kin
Vicepresidente sénior de Consultoría para Asia
Francis Osborne
Crudo y productos refinados
Francis Osborne tiene más de 30 años de experiencia en el sector energético. Es responsable de la orientación y coordinación del análisis de mercado y la proyección de precios de una amplia gama de commodities cubiertos por el grupo consultor, en particular los mercados del crudo y los productos refinados y los líquidos de gas. Anteriormente, ocupó puestos en Wood Mackenzie, KBC Advanced Technology, Saudi Petroleum e ICIS. Francis tiene una licenciatura en Economía y estudios de desarrollo de la Universidad de Londres.
Francis Osborne tiene más de 30 años de experiencia en el sector energético. Es responsable de la orientación y coordinación del análisis de mercado y la proyección de precios de una amplia gama de commodities cubiertos por el grupo consultor, en particular los mercados del crudo y los productos refinados y los líquidos de gas. Anteriormente, ocupó puestos en Wood Mackenzie, KBC Advanced Technology, Saudi Petroleum e ICIS. Francis tiene una licenciatura en Economía y estudios de desarrollo de la Universidad de Londres.
Josefine Ahlstrom
VP Business Development Europe, Argus
Prior to joining Argus, Josefine spent nine years with Shell Downstream in the strategy, marketing and sales departments. She has master’s degrees in economics and political science from Lund University, Sweden, and is now Vice-President for Argus Business Development in Europe. Josefine has deep expertise in the fuels markets and is responsible for Argus pricing solutions for European refined products. She has particular focus on the biofuels markets and with her 10 years at Argus been instrumental for Argus benchmark position in the renewable fuels markets.
Prior to joining Argus, Josefine spent nine years with Shell Downstream in the strategy, marketing and sales departments. She has master’s degrees in economics and political science from Lund University, Sweden, and is now Vice-President for Argus Business Development in Europe. Josefine has deep expertise in the fuels markets and is responsible for Argus pricing solutions for European refined products. She has particular focus on the biofuels markets and with her 10 years at Argus been instrumental for Argus benchmark position in the renewable fuels markets.
Neil Fleming
Senior Vice President, Editorial
Neil Fleming is Senior Vice President, Editorial, at Argus and manages our market- and news-reporting operations worldwide. His role involves the management of a global team of more than 400 reporters in 23 offices, formulation of editorial and market-reporting strategy and policy, and working in matrix with Argus’ sectoral and regional managers to help develop new content and products for the business. Neil joined Argus in January 2020. He has 35 years’ experience of commodities and energy markets, and has worked as a journalist, analyst, manager, consultant, and data architect. He is the former SVP Editorial and Information of Argu...
Neil Fleming is Senior Vice President, Editorial, at Argus and manages our market- and news-reporting operations worldwide. His role involves the management of a global team of more than 400 reporters in 23 offices, formulation of editorial and market-reporting strategy and policy, and working in matrix with Argus’ sectoral and regional managers to help develop new content and products for the business. Neil joined Argus in January 2020. He has 35 years’ experience of commodities and energy markets, and has worked as a journalist, analyst, manager, consultant, and data architect. He is the former SVP Editorial and Information of Argus’ competitor S&P Platts, and has also served as Head of Content and latterly Strategic Advisor at energy and petrochemicals price-reporting agency ICIS. He is the 1995 winner of the International Association of Energy Economists’ award for Excellence in Written Journalism. Neil was previously Southern Africa bureau chief for US news agency United Press International at the time of the end of apartheid, and before that its East Africa correspondent. He holds a first class honours degree in Modern & Medieval Languages from Trinity College Cambridge, and was a post-graduate student at the University of Vienna.
Yeo Yu Kin
Vicepresidente sénior de Consultoría para Asia
Yeo Yu Kin dirige los Servicios de Consultoría de Argus en Asia y es responsable del trabajo de asesoría de Argus en la región. Yu Kin empezó su carrera en 1990 en KBC Advanced Technology, una empresa de consultoría técnica para la industria del refinado, antes de pasar a la consultoría de mercado en Purvin & Gertz en 2003. Durante su desempeño en Purvin & Gertz, estuvo a cargo de diversos estudios en los sectores del petróleo y el gas, además de otros negocios relacionados con la energía, como fusiones y adquisiciones, análisis estratégico, evaluación técnica, valoraciones de activos, valoraciones del crudo y evaluaciones de mercado...
Yeo Yu Kin dirige los Servicios de Consultoría de Argus en Asia y es responsable del trabajo de asesoría de Argus en la región. Yu Kin empezó su carrera en 1990 en KBC Advanced Technology, una empresa de consultoría técnica para la industria del refinado, antes de pasar a la consultoría de mercado en Purvin & Gertz en 2003. Durante su desempeño en Purvin & Gertz, estuvo a cargo de diversos estudios en los sectores del petróleo y el gas, además de otros negocios relacionados con la energía, como fusiones y adquisiciones, análisis estratégico, evaluación técnica, valoraciones de activos, valoraciones del crudo y evaluaciones de mercado. Yu Kin se incorporó a Argus en 2014. Se formó como ingeniero químico en la Universidad Nacional de Singapur y tiene el reconocimiento del Instituto de Ingenieros Químicos como ingeniero colegiado.
Biomass specialists
Freddie Staermose
Vice-President of Generation Fuels
Neil D'Souza
Principal Consultant, Argus
Neil Fleming
Senior Vice President, Editorial
Tom Searle
Biomasa, Coque de Petróleo Crudo
Freddie Staermose
Vice-President of Generation Fuels
Freddie started as a price reporter covering commodities from power to gas to coal before moving into the sharper end of the business with Noble Group, becoming their senior market analyst for thermal and coking coal. From there he moved to EDF where he worked as a fuel originator, responsible for sourcing 10mn t/yr of coal and 250,000 t/yr of biomass for UK power plants. Freddie joined Argus in January 2014, focusing on growing the company’s coal, biomass and petroleum coke indexation and coverage.
Freddie started as a price reporter covering commodities from power to gas to coal before moving into the sharper end of the business with Noble Group, becoming their senior market analyst for thermal and coking coal. From there he moved to EDF where he worked as a fuel originator, responsible for sourcing 10mn t/yr of coal and 250,000 t/yr of biomass for UK power plants. Freddie joined Argus in January 2014, focusing on growing the company’s coal, biomass and petroleum coke indexation and coverage.
Neil D'Souza
Principal Consultant, Argus
Dr Neil D’Souza is a principal consultant based in our Singapore office. He heads Argus’ energy transition practice in Asia Pacific and the Middle East, having lead policy studies on the hydrogen economy, low carbon vehicles and renewables. He is also responsible for Argus’ generation fuels practice where he has provided clients in the private sector with feasibility studies and fuel procurement risk assessments and policymakers with regulatory advisories. Prior to joining Argus, Neil worked as an energy economist for an energy policy institute in Singapore and has led several consulting projects for multilateral agencies, such as As...
Dr Neil D’Souza is a principal consultant based in our Singapore office. He heads Argus’ energy transition practice in Asia Pacific and the Middle East, having lead policy studies on the hydrogen economy, low carbon vehicles and renewables. He is also responsible for Argus’ generation fuels practice where he has provided clients in the private sector with feasibility studies and fuel procurement risk assessments and policymakers with regulatory advisories. Prior to joining Argus, Neil worked as an energy economist for an energy policy institute in Singapore and has led several consulting projects for multilateral agencies, such as Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). He has also worked as a power plant engineer at a multifuel fired facility. Neil D’Souza holds a doctoral degree in energy economics, a masters in energy economics and policy and an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering.
Neil Fleming
Senior Vice President, Editorial
Neil Fleming is Senior Vice President, Editorial, at Argus and manages our market- and news-reporting operations worldwide. His role involves the management of a global team of more than 400 reporters in 23 offices, formulation of editorial and market-reporting strategy and policy, and working in matrix with Argus’ sectoral and regional managers to help develop new content and products for the business. Neil joined Argus in January 2020. He has 35 years’ experience of commodities and energy markets, and has worked as a journalist, analyst, manager, consultant, and data architect. He is the former SVP Editorial and Information of Argu...
Neil Fleming is Senior Vice President, Editorial, at Argus and manages our market- and news-reporting operations worldwide. His role involves the management of a global team of more than 400 reporters in 23 offices, formulation of editorial and market-reporting strategy and policy, and working in matrix with Argus’ sectoral and regional managers to help develop new content and products for the business. Neil joined Argus in January 2020. He has 35 years’ experience of commodities and energy markets, and has worked as a journalist, analyst, manager, consultant, and data architect. He is the former SVP Editorial and Information of Argus’ competitor S&P Platts, and has also served as Head of Content and latterly Strategic Advisor at energy and petrochemicals price-reporting agency ICIS. He is the 1995 winner of the International Association of Energy Economists’ award for Excellence in Written Journalism. Neil was previously Southern Africa bureau chief for US news agency United Press International at the time of the end of apartheid, and before that its East Africa correspondent. He holds a first class honours degree in Modern & Medieval Languages from Trinity College Cambridge, and was a post-graduate student at the University of Vienna.
Tom Searle
Biomasa, Coque de Petróleo Crudo
Tom es analista de investigación y trabaja en la oficina de Londres. Ha emprendido una gran diversidad de proyectos desde que se incorporó a Argus, varios de los cuales están enfocados en el carbón, la generación de energía y los movimientos globales de productos. Es autor principal del estudio Argus petroleum coke multi-client. Antes de incorporarse a Argus, Tom trabajó para una empresa de consultoría de energía renovable y fue gerente de Ventas y Marketing para uno de los distribuidores de pellets de madera más grandes del RU.
Tom es analista de investigación y trabaja en la oficina de Londres. Ha emprendido una gran diversidad de proyectos desde que se incorporó a Argus, varios de los cuales están enfocados en el carbón, la generación de energía y los movimientos globales de productos. Es autor principal del estudio Argus petroleum coke multi-client. Antes de incorporarse a Argus, Tom trabajó para una empresa de consultoría de energía renovable y fue gerente de Ventas y Marketing para uno de los distribuidores de pellets de madera más grandes del RU.
Hydrogen specialists
Hasan Tarique
Senior Consultant
Neil Fleming
Senior Vice President, Editorial
Neil D'Souza
Principal Consultant, Argus
Yeo Yu Kin
Vicepresidente sénior de Consultoría para Asia
Hasan Tarique
Senior Consultant
Hasan oversees and leads the fertilizer consulting services for the Americas region, with a focus on single-client studies and product valuations. Before joining Argus, Hasan worked for Canpotex, BHP and Accenture where he led supply modeling to develop a global view of potash supply, developed views on competitors’ strategies, modeled price impact of various market entry approaches, and developed acquisition option sets, term sheets for commercial negotiations, and desktop valuations.
Hasan oversees and leads the fertilizer consulting services for the Americas region, with a focus on single-client studies and product valuations. Before joining Argus, Hasan worked for Canpotex, BHP and Accenture where he led supply modeling to develop a global view of potash supply, developed views on competitors’ strategies, modeled price impact of various market entry approaches, and developed acquisition option sets, term sheets for commercial negotiations, and desktop valuations.
Neil Fleming
Senior Vice President, Editorial
Neil Fleming is Senior Vice President, Editorial, at Argus and manages our market- and news-reporting operations worldwide. His role involves the management of a global team of more than 400 reporters in 23 offices, formulation of editorial and market-reporting strategy and policy, and working in matrix with Argus’ sectoral and regional managers to help develop new content and products for the business. Neil joined Argus in January 2020. He has 35 years’ experience of commodities and energy markets, and has worked as a journalist, analyst, manager, consultant, and data architect. He is the former SVP Editorial and Information of Argu...
Neil Fleming is Senior Vice President, Editorial, at Argus and manages our market- and news-reporting operations worldwide. His role involves the management of a global team of more than 400 reporters in 23 offices, formulation of editorial and market-reporting strategy and policy, and working in matrix with Argus’ sectoral and regional managers to help develop new content and products for the business. Neil joined Argus in January 2020. He has 35 years’ experience of commodities and energy markets, and has worked as a journalist, analyst, manager, consultant, and data architect. He is the former SVP Editorial and Information of Argus’ competitor S&P Platts, and has also served as Head of Content and latterly Strategic Advisor at energy and petrochemicals price-reporting agency ICIS. He is the 1995 winner of the International Association of Energy Economists’ award for Excellence in Written Journalism. Neil was previously Southern Africa bureau chief for US news agency United Press International at the time of the end of apartheid, and before that its East Africa correspondent. He holds a first class honours degree in Modern & Medieval Languages from Trinity College Cambridge, and was a post-graduate student at the University of Vienna.
Neil D'Souza
Principal Consultant, Argus
Dr Neil D’Souza is a principal consultant based in our Singapore office. He heads Argus’ energy transition practice in Asia Pacific and the Middle East, having lead policy studies on the hydrogen economy, low carbon vehicles and renewables. He is also responsible for Argus’ generation fuels practice where he has provided clients in the private sector with feasibility studies and fuel procurement risk assessments and policymakers with regulatory advisories. Prior to joining Argus, Neil worked as an energy economist for an energy policy institute in Singapore and has led several consulting projects for multilateral agencies, such as As...
Dr Neil D’Souza is a principal consultant based in our Singapore office. He heads Argus’ energy transition practice in Asia Pacific and the Middle East, having lead policy studies on the hydrogen economy, low carbon vehicles and renewables. He is also responsible for Argus’ generation fuels practice where he has provided clients in the private sector with feasibility studies and fuel procurement risk assessments and policymakers with regulatory advisories. Prior to joining Argus, Neil worked as an energy economist for an energy policy institute in Singapore and has led several consulting projects for multilateral agencies, such as Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). He has also worked as a power plant engineer at a multifuel fired facility. Neil D’Souza holds a doctoral degree in energy economics, a masters in energy economics and policy and an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering.
Yeo Yu Kin
Vicepresidente sénior de Consultoría para Asia
Yeo Yu Kin dirige los Servicios de Consultoría de Argus en Asia y es responsable del trabajo de asesoría de Argus en la región. Yu Kin empezó su carrera en 1990 en KBC Advanced Technology, una empresa de consultoría técnica para la industria del refinado, antes de pasar a la consultoría de mercado en Purvin & Gertz en 2003. Durante su desempeño en Purvin & Gertz, estuvo a cargo de diversos estudios en los sectores del petróleo y el gas, además de otros negocios relacionados con la energía, como fusiones y adquisiciones, análisis estratégico, evaluación técnica, valoraciones de activos, valoraciones del crudo y evaluaciones de mercado...
Yeo Yu Kin dirige los Servicios de Consultoría de Argus en Asia y es responsable del trabajo de asesoría de Argus en la región. Yu Kin empezó su carrera en 1990 en KBC Advanced Technology, una empresa de consultoría técnica para la industria del refinado, antes de pasar a la consultoría de mercado en Purvin & Gertz en 2003. Durante su desempeño en Purvin & Gertz, estuvo a cargo de diversos estudios en los sectores del petróleo y el gas, además de otros negocios relacionados con la energía, como fusiones y adquisiciones, análisis estratégico, evaluación técnica, valoraciones de activos, valoraciones del crudo y evaluaciones de mercado. Yu Kin se incorporó a Argus en 2014. Se formó como ingeniero químico en la Universidad Nacional de Singapur y tiene el reconocimiento del Instituto de Ingenieros Químicos como ingeniero colegiado.
Recycled plastics specialists
Joe Duffy
Vicepresidente de Etileno, Polímeros y Derivados
Neil Fleming
Senior Vice President, Editorial
Tzyy Lok
Principal Consultant
Joe Duffy
Vicepresidente de Etileno, Polímeros y Derivados
Joe Duffy es vicepresidente del área de Etileno, Polímeros y Derivados, radicado en Londres. Durante su permanencia en Argus, ha trabajado en una serie de proyectos de consultoría que cubren la estructura de los mercados europeos de las olefinas, las oportunidades de inversión en Oriente Medio y la proyección para las importaciones de etano a Europa. Joe tiene un amplio conocimiento y comprensión del mercado europeo de las olefinas. Ha trabajado previamente para ICI, Huntsman y más recientemente en Sabic, donde estuvo a cargo de la administración empresarial del negocio de las olefinas en Europa de la empresa, antes de incorporarse a...
Joe Duffy es vicepresidente del área de Etileno, Polímeros y Derivados, radicado en Londres. Durante su permanencia en Argus, ha trabajado en una serie de proyectos de consultoría que cubren la estructura de los mercados europeos de las olefinas, las oportunidades de inversión en Oriente Medio y la proyección para las importaciones de etano a Europa. Joe tiene un amplio conocimiento y comprensión del mercado europeo de las olefinas. Ha trabajado previamente para ICI, Huntsman y más recientemente en Sabic, donde estuvo a cargo de la administración empresarial del negocio de las olefinas en Europa de la empresa, antes de incorporarse a DeWitt, que posteriormente fue adquirida por Argus. Joe se graduó con honores como Ingeniero Eléctrico y Electrónico y tiene un doctorado en Ingeniería Óptica de la Universidad de Glasgow.
Neil Fleming
Senior Vice President, Editorial
Neil Fleming is Senior Vice President, Editorial, at Argus and manages our market- and news-reporting operations worldwide. His role involves the management of a global team of more than 400 reporters in 23 offices, formulation of editorial and market-reporting strategy and policy, and working in matrix with Argus’ sectoral and regional managers to help develop new content and products for the business. Neil joined Argus in January 2020. He has 35 years’ experience of commodities and energy markets, and has worked as a journalist, analyst, manager, consultant, and data architect. He is the former SVP Editorial and Information of Argu...
Neil Fleming is Senior Vice President, Editorial, at Argus and manages our market- and news-reporting operations worldwide. His role involves the management of a global team of more than 400 reporters in 23 offices, formulation of editorial and market-reporting strategy and policy, and working in matrix with Argus’ sectoral and regional managers to help develop new content and products for the business. Neil joined Argus in January 2020. He has 35 years’ experience of commodities and energy markets, and has worked as a journalist, analyst, manager, consultant, and data architect. He is the former SVP Editorial and Information of Argus’ competitor S&P Platts, and has also served as Head of Content and latterly Strategic Advisor at energy and petrochemicals price-reporting agency ICIS. He is the 1995 winner of the International Association of Energy Economists’ award for Excellence in Written Journalism. Neil was previously Southern Africa bureau chief for US news agency United Press International at the time of the end of apartheid, and before that its East Africa correspondent. He holds a first class honours degree in Modern & Medieval Languages from Trinity College Cambridge, and was a post-graduate student at the University of Vienna.
Tzyy Lok
Principal Consultant
Tzyy leads bespoke chemicals consulting for Europe and Africa at Argus, and is responsible for consulting projects including market studies, feasibility studies and transaction support engagements across all petrochemical value chains. He specialises in providing commercial and market due diligence and analysis in the petrochemicals sector, supporting clients in evaluating investments, market entry strategy and other market-related issues. He is experienced across a wide range of commodity and specialty petrochemicals, including the olefins, aromatics, methanol and chlor-alkali value chains and their downstream derivatives.
Tzyy leads bespoke chemicals consulting for Europe and Africa at Argus, and is responsible for consulting projects including market studies, feasibility studies and transaction support engagements across all petrochemical value chains. He specialises in providing commercial and market due diligence and analysis in the petrochemicals sector, supporting clients in evaluating investments, market entry strategy and other market-related issues. He is experienced across a wide range of commodity and specialty petrochemicals, including the olefins, aromatics, methanol and chlor-alkali value chains and their downstream derivatives.
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