Tyler Godwin
Associate editor 
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November 16, 2018 16:03 UTC 
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After being at a six-year high in July, the spread between Central Appalachia (CAPP) thermal coal and thermal coal delivered into Northern Europe fell to its lowest level in nearly four years Wednesday. CIF ARA 6,000 kcal/kg coal, for delivery in the next 15 to 60 days to Amsterdam, Rotterdam or Antwerp, was assessed Wednesday by S&P Global Platts at a six-month low of $85.95/mt, while rail-delivered (CSX) CAPP coal for December delivery was assessed at $77.75/st. |
Kate Winston and Maya Weber
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November 15, 2018 09:00 UTC
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From ballot measures to statehouses, what do the results of the US midterm elections mean for oil, gas and power markets? Kate Winston and Maya Weber report On November 6, US voters shied away from key statewide environmental initiatives that would have imposed near-term costs on oil, gas and traditional utility interests. But they backed candidates, including nine new Democratic governors, with aggressive renewable energy and environmental goals. Advocates may now look to states fully under Democratic control – such as Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado – to take quick action on clean energy, since divided government at the federal level lowers prospects for this in Washington. |
Mary Hogan
Associate editor, Americas crude
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November 13, 2018 09:00 UTC
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Louisiana’s crude imports in the third quarter of 2018 fell 15.616 million barrels year on year despite higher regional refinery runs for the same period amid a wider year-on-year Brent/WTI swap spread. Louisiana refineries and buyers brought in 62.389 million barrels of crude in Q3 2018, according to data from US Customs and Border Protection and S&P Global Platts Analytics. |
Laura Huchzermeyer
Associate editor
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November 12, 2018 07:15 UTC
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Oil produced in North Dakota’s Williston Basin is the latest North American crude grade to experience plummeting values because of what many in the industry say is rising output and tightening pipeline takeaway capacity combined with regional refinery maintenance. Bakken crude values began experiencing a rather sharp decline at the start of October when a combination of factors began to weigh on values. |
Meghan Gordon
Senior writer, oil
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November 12, 2018 06:30 UTC
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US energy abundance underpinned the Trump administration’s case for rolling back federal vehicle fuel economy standards, a policy the government aims to adopt by March. The US is producing enough oil “to satisfy nearly all of its energy needs and is projected to continue to do so,” the administration argued in the proposal that would freeze fuel efficiency for cars and light trucks at the 2020 target of 43.7 miles per gallon. Booming domestic output has “added new stable supply to the global oil market and reduced the urgency of the US to conserve energy,” it said. |
Michael Cooper
Reporter
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November 8, 2018 00:01 UTC
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For power plant operators in Northeast Asia striving to optimize their operational efficiency, the prices of imported gas and thermal coal are clearly key considerations. But a direct comparison between the two fuel sources for power generation is not an easy one to make, given they are traded in different units of energy content. |
Siobhan Hall
Senior editor, EU energy policy 
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November 7, 2018 06:30 UTC
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Could using low-carbon electricity to turn water into hydrogen and other gases keep the EU’s gas industry relevant in an increasingly CO2-constrained future? The EU gas and power sectors are certainly interested in testing such technology at scale, as it could help them both with their different challenges going forward. |
Mary Hogan and John-Laurent Tronche
Editors, Americas crude oil markets
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November 6, 2018 06:00 UTC
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The battle to secure the benchmark for US light sweet crude on the US Gulf Coast crude heated up Monday as commodities exchange CME Group launched its physically delivered NYMEX WTI Houston Crude Oil futures and options contracts, just two weeks after chief competitor Intercontinental Exchange debuted its own USGC WTI marker. CME HCL reflects “export-grade WTI” on an FOB basis at three Enterprise Products terminals in the Greater Houston refining area, according to CME. That contract will compete with ICE Permian WTI Futures, which commenced trading October 22 and represents the value of physical crude oil delivered to the Magellan East Houston terminal. |
Paul Hickin
Associate editorial director
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November 5, 2018 06:00 UTC
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In the latest Insight Conversation video, Jeffrey Currie, global head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs, talked to Paul Hickin about the bank’s call on oil prices and the commodities impact of the US−China trade war. |
Sebastian Lewis
Content Director for China
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November 1, 2018 06:30 UTC
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The Shanghai International Energy Exchange’s crude oil futures contract has got off to a good start. The contract’s first expiry at the end of August marked another step on the road to developing a crude futures contract that China hopes will one day stand alongside ICE Brent and NYMEX light sweet crude. |
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