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James Bambino
Managing editor, Oilgram Price Report

Why the crude rally has fizzled: Market analysis series

April 19, 2017 19:32 UTC

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This is the first part of a three-part series on headwinds facing the crude market. Read part 2, published April 21, and then be sure to see part 3, published April 27.

These have been interesting times in the crude market. Prices had been trading comfortably above $50/b since late March, with bulls re-trenching on the idea that Saudi-led OPEC supply cut will soon tighten balances.

And while today’s price declines could prove temporary, a measure of caution is advised to all bulls, for two key reasons — reasons that we’ve been watching closely since November.

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Asia, crude, crude oil, Europe, Iran, Iraq, Latin America, markets, North Sea, oil, OPEC, output, prices, production, Russia, Saudi Arabia, supply/demand, trade flows, trading, US

Joseph Innace
Platts metals content director, Americas

Toe-to-Toe: Ten years of oil and steel price patterns

April 14, 2017 05:01 UTC

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The Barrel blog turned 10 years old on April 2, and to celebrate, we’re sharing special posts throughout the month. As a part of the celebrations, Joe Innace looks at two heavyweights of the commodities world — oil and steel benchmarks.

What better time to pit the pricing performances of oil and steel against each other than during the 10-year anniversary celebration of The Barrel?

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benchmarks, crude, crude oil, dated Brent, hot-rolled coil, hrc, oil, prices, steel

Gary Gentile
Chief editor, Oilgram News

US Chemical Safety Board faces elimination under Trump: Fuel for Thought

April 10, 2017 05:01 UTC

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US President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating the US Chemical Safety Board, a somewhat obscure agency that has angered so many groups over the years that no one is likely to leap to its defense.

The group is an independent government agency, much like the National Transportation Safety Board. While the NTSB investigates plane accidents and train derailments, the CSB probes refinery explosions and chemical accidents.

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Chemical Safety Board, crude, crude oil, Deepwater Horizon, Macondo, offshore, offshore drilling, oil, Policy, production, regulation, safety, safety programs, US

Joseph Innace
Platts metals content director, Americas

Spring arrives and commodity prices continue shifting: Of Presidents and Prices

April 5, 2017 05:01 UTC

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The commodities price watch during President Donald Trump’s term continues. As a part of this ongoing series, here are the price averages for some key commodity Platts benchmarks since he became president on January 20, through March 31, 2017.

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agriculture, aluminum, coal, crude, crude oil, dated Brent, ethanol, fuel oil, gas, gasoline, gold, iron ore, jet fuel, markets, metals, natural gas, Obama, Of Presidents and Prices, oil, prices, steel, Trump, US

John Kingston
Director of Global Market Insights

Oil industry changes even as newsmakers may stay the same: The Barrel at 10

April 3, 2017 05:01 UTC

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The Barrel blog turned 10 years old on April 2, and to celebrate, we’re sharing special posts throughout the month. To kick off the celebrations, John Kingston, director of global market insights for S&P Global — and founder of The Barrel when he was at Platts — assesses what has (and hasn’t) changed over the past decade.

Memory lane time. What was going on in the oil business 10 years ago?

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bunker, bunker fuel, carbon, Clean Power Plan, crude, crude oil, emissions, gas, natgas, natural gas, oil, prices, producers, production, Saudi Arabia, shipping, sulfur, US, WTI

Nadia Rodova
Managing editor

Russia’s transparency hopes dashed with opaque deal: Fuel for Thought

March 20, 2017 05:01 UTC

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When Russian authorities first announced they would privatize some major state-run assets several years ago, they cited improving the investment climate by increasing transparency and efficiencies among its main goals, but the deal to privatize Rosneft is unlikely to help meet them.

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Bashneft, crude, crude oil, oil, politics, producers, Rosneft, Russia

Meghan Gordon
Senior writer, oil

Dakota Access Pipeline races to start moving Bakken crude

March 16, 2017 06:01 UTC

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Oil will likely flow through the Dakota Access Pipeline under Lake Oahe in North Dakota early next week.

Barring any more twists or turns — and there have been plenty in the last seven months of this project — the contentious 470,000 b/d crude oil pipeline will start commercial service very soon thereafter. It will open up a major new route for Bakken and Three Forks production to flow to Illinois and onto the Texas Gulf Coast.

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Bakken, crude, crude oil, dakota access, Dakota Access Pipeline, environment, infrastructure, North Dakota, oil, pipeline, US

Brian Scheid
Senior editor, oil news

White House tries to join CERAWeek party

March 7, 2017 15:44 UTC

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Shortly after ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO Darren Woods took the stage at CERAWeek by IHS Markit in Houston, the White House sent out a statement congratulating Woods and his company on a $20 billion plan to expand refining and chemical-manufacturing along the Gulf Coast.

“This is exactly the kind of investment, economic development and job creation that will help put Americans back to work,” President Donald Trump said in a statement.

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CERAWeek, crude, crude oil, ExxonMobil, Hess, IEA, oil, production, supply/demand, Trump, US

Joseph Innace
Platts metals content director, Americas

Checking in on commodity prices during Trump’s first weeks: Of Presidents and Prices

March 3, 2017 10:00 UTC

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The commodities price watch during President Donald Trump’s term is under way. In this ongoing series, we consider the price averages for some key Platts commodity benchmarks since Trump became president on January 20. The latest table pulls data from the inauguration through February 28, 2017.

Of the 11 commodities tracked, eight have gained between 1.3-9.1% since he took the oath of office. Three have declined. With the exception of steel and coal, all current prices lag the average prices during President Obama’s two terms.

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Meghan Gordon
Senior writer, oil

Oklahoma’s earthquake rate slows, but Cushing oil hub remains in danger zone

March 3, 2017 05:01 UTC

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The good news for Oklahoma is that the number of earthquakes stronger than magnitude 2.7 that hit the state last year fell by more than a third to 2,500, compared with 4,000 in 2015.

The bad news is the 2016 total is still astronomical compared to the two earthquakes the state experienced annually between 1980 and 2000.

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crude, crude oil, Cushing, drilling, earthquake, gas, induced earthquake, natural gas, oil, Oklahoma, producers, production, US, USGS

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