Global energy markets are still fragile, with Japanese LNG imports at more than 10-year lows in May, while fuel demand recovery across Asia remains patchy. S&P Global Platts editors also report on record US gas pipeline exports to Mexico, rapidly filling European gas storage and falling French winter power prices.
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June 15, 2020 08:40 UTC 
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Global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is proving patchy, and demands a close look at oil demand signals – the first stop in this week’s roundup of energy and raw material trends. S&P Global Platts editors also look at prospects for US crude exports to Asia, Ukraine’s importance to the European gas market this summer, and the impact of reduced French nuclear availability on power markets. |
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May 18, 2020 10:59 UTC
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The US oil production slowdown, China’s domestic gasoline pricing policy, and power market outlooks on both sides of the Atlantic feature in this week’s pick of commodity market trends from S&P Global Platts editors. |
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April 27, 2020 12:58 UTC
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A look at crude oil quality across countries that have committed to cutting production, tumbling global gas prices, and trends in steelmaking raw materials all feature in this week’s pick of visuals. |
 
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April 15, 2020 15:11 UTC
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As the extent of the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on economic activity and power demand emerges, newbuild activity in global power faces old and new sets of challenges. The short-term focus has been shifting due to coronavirus-related disruption of manufacturing activity and logistics, but delays will most likely be short-lived. |
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March 11, 2020 15:12 UTC
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Coal remains central in the power mix of the developing world, with coal plants still being built across Asia in order to meet rising baseload electricity needs. However, a more challenging macroeconomic environment and slowing power demand growth are raising some questions around the growth of coal even in developing economies. |
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December 23, 2019 12:10 UTC
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Seemingly any energy industry commentator will claim that any given moment in the energy industry is the most exciting, uncertain, dynamic, unpredictable or unprecedented moment since, well… since the last unprecedented moment. However, rather than being a reflection of groupthink on the part of a whole industry, this obsession with events each more unprecedented than the last is more a reflection of the fast moving, unpredictable and often economic logic-defying nature of the energy sector we are increasingly witnessing. |
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December 3, 2019 08:33 UTC
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US utilities have stepped up their efforts to provide environmental, social and governance (ESG) reports with clear emissions reduction goals, writes Jeffrey Ryser. This is the first in a series of articles assessing key energy sector trends, ahead of the S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards. The year 2019 may come to be seen as pivotal in the transformation of the US electricity sector. |
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December 2, 2019 12:21 UTC
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As COP25 kicks off in Madrid, S&P Global Platts editors take a look at the CO2 impact from OPEC oil production. European gas and nuclear, and IMO 2020’s impact on commodities as diverse as fuel oil and iron ore, are also on the agenda in this week’s pick of charts. |
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November 18, 2019 06:04 UTC
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Nuclear generation in the US and France faces contrasting challenges of power market prices and safety concerns, as this week’s graphics show. Other top trends picked by S&P Global Platts editors include China’s falling LNG imports, stuttering gold prices, refinery margins and coking coal prices. |