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21 7月 2016

LNG smooths UK’s Rough edges

UK utility Centrica last week extended the halt at the Rough natural gas storage facility until March-April, which has potentially huge ramifications for the LNG market.

07 7月 2016

Nord Stream 2: It’s not (just) the economics, stupid!

Russian gas has long been an instrument of political influence on Ukraine, the former ‘Eastern Europe’, and the continent as a whole. This is abundantly clear in Moscow’s full-on promotion of the Nord Stream 2 project where contested cost forecasts, energy diplomacy, an

06 7月 2016

Dr Discount Crude cannot cure European refining’s ills

When Europe’s embattled refining sector was jolted back to life last year by low input costs and wide crack spreads, few thought the remission would last. The relief provided by lower crude prices would inevitably fade, with a return of the pain caused by what the IEA d

01 7月 2016

UK steel: Brexit cloud — no silver lining

Last week’s UK vote to leave the EU left the global steel industry scratching its head as it tried to assess the consequences. But UK steel industry workers who voted for a UK exit from the EU – ‘Brexiteers’ — despite the warnings may now be looking back ruefully at the

30 6月 2016

London-listed oil shares shrug off EU vote

The index of London-listed oil and gas producer share prices hit a more than one year high this morning. Of course, an index that embraces everything from the most tiddlerish of minnows through to the blue whales of BP and Shell contains many fallers as well as risers.

28 6月 2016

Brexit's impact on LNG prices

A quick blog on how the UK vote to leave the EU — known as Brexit — is affecting LNG prices.

28 6月 2016

The new normal?

Nymex WTI crude futures have only settled above $50/bl for four days this year. That’s been enough to spur a few US independents to announce mergers, increase capital outlay and step up drilling activities.

28 6月 2016

Brexit and the UK biomass burn

The UK has long been Europe’s leading wood pellet importer, driven by UK utility Drax’s appetite for biomass. But last week the UK voted to leave the EU, throwing up clouds of uncertainty for the market, raising questions around the implications for commodities, policy

24 6月 2016

The UK vote’s implications for EU climate policy

The vote by the UK electorate to leave the EU has a number of important medium-term implications for EU climate policy.

24 6月 2016

UK votes to leave EU — the wood and the trees

Front-month Ice Brent is down some 5pc today, with product barge prices in northwest Europe trotting along behind. But look at a graph of Ice Brent prices over the last year and the move is lost in the broad falling trend of 2015 and the rising trend of 2016, emphasisin

23 6月 2016

Diplomatic buffoonery in the South China Sea

“Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.” Anonymous.

17 6月 2016

Steam versus sail – change looms over dry bulk broking

In 1969, Instinet founded the first ever electronic trading system. Though it only published bids and offers, it began a technological revolution that would lead to Globex and eventually to high frequency trading platforms capable of performing thousands of trades each

17 6月 2016

Forties flow – would Brexit scotch it?

In the depths of the worst downturn for a generation or more, the North Sea public relations machine has cranked into action. The region, home to some of the highest costs and most challenging working conditions, is “open for business”, a conference in Aberdeen was told

15 6月 2016

All eyes on Permian

As US crude prices breach $50/bl, all eyes are on the Permian basin, the Texas/New Mexico oil field that is most likely to lead a step up in drilling activity. The Permian is the playground for some of the most resilient US shale operators, such as Pioneer Resources and

15 6月 2016

Venezuela beating the odds, but painfully

Venezuela is so far defying predictions of a collapse. Oil prices have crept back up, rain has started to refill a depleted hydroelectric reservoir and the Organization of American States (OAS) has backed away from an unprecedented call for scrutiny. Even on the footbal

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