The ongoing outbreak of coronavirus, known officially as COVID-19, continues to dominate commodity and energy market developments, as illustrated by this week’s pick of charts from S&P Global Platts news editors. Plus, key trends in EU and US electricity markets.
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February 14, 2020 15:29 UTC 
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Many analysts have forecast that strong US Gulf Coast demand will help boost rail shipments of Canadian crude oil to records this year. But recent pricing dynamics and new regulations following the second derailment of a Canadian crude train in two months highlight the risks facing the most optimistic projections. |
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February 13, 2020 12:31 UTC
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Unrestricted US crude oil exports recently entered their fifth year. Each year so far has brought with it new records, milestones and developments as American oil continues to muscle its way into new markets and in greater volumes. |
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February 12, 2020 14:21 UTC
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The export market has been a boon for US crude oil in early 2020, with the world, and especially Asia, looking to quench their thirst for light sweet grades. US outflows have been strong, with cFlow, S&P Global Platts’ trade flow software, estimating exports at 3.245 million b/d through the first five weeks of the year, despite worries of developing headwinds in the market. |
 
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February 11, 2020 09:06 UTC
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The commodity complex has been on the slide on concerns about oil demand destruction caused the coronavirus outbreak in China, but sugar has bucked the trend. |
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February 10, 2020 10:34 UTC
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Global gas price convergence tops this week’s pick of energy and commodities charts to watch. Plus: US LNG exports, coronavirus impact on Asian crude oil and bunker fuel trade, emerging European power market dynamics, and global steel price trends. |
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February 5, 2020 11:51 UTC
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In the first of a new series, S&P Global Platts editors weigh in on Brazil’s liberalizing gas market, taking in opportunities and risks for third-party pipeline imports from Bolivia, private LNG imports from the global market, and the growth of domestic competition in both the offshore and onshore markets. Last summer, Brazil began opening its natural gas trade to competition through historic market reforms. But recent challenges are raising doubts about the pace and certainty of liberalization. |
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February 3, 2020 10:05 UTC
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The spread of coronavirus outside China and the WHO’s escalation of the outbreak to emergency status last week continue to stoke fears over weaker energy demand and disruption to key mineral resource supply chains. In this special edition of Commodity Tracker, S&P Global Platts editors take a look at the impact across a number of energy products and raw materials. |
 
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January 30, 2020 17:17 UTC
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Those fortunate enough to have scored a ticket to Sunday’s Super Bowl LIV in Miami know how pricey it is just getting into the big game. On the online ticket resale site StubHub, the lowest-priced, single ticket was going for more than $4,000 in the lead up to the NFL season finale between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs. › Continue Reading |
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January 30, 2020 10:23 UTC
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Mexican state-owned oil producer Pemex exported three separate cargoes of the Mexican medium sour crude Isthmus to the US Gulf Coast between December and January. Low operating rates at some of Pemex’s refineries are thought to have freed up barrels of Isthmus crude. At the same time, refineries on the USGC have been looking for alternatives to Venezuelan crudes following the imposition of sanctions last year. |