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Oil Markets

S&P Global Commodity Insights analysis of key oil price movements across the globe.

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Fueling the future

Fueling the future

As the clamor for greener fuels grows ever louder, bunker players are already looking forward to the next big thing. Pla... Read more

5 Dec 2019

18mins

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The only way is up for refiners

The only way is up for refiners

Talks of closures are over for now and a clutch of run cuts at European refineries, followed by a significant outage in ... Read more

18 Jul 2019

18mins

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Sweet opportunities remain for sour crude and heavy products

Sweet opportunities remain for sour crude and heavy products

IMO 2020 may be looming and the overall trajectory for sour crude such as Urals and high sulfur fuel oil is down, but wi... Read more

22 Aug 2019

23mins

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Implications of US sanctions on Iran for Asian oil buyers

Implications of US sanctions on Iran for Asian oil buyers

How will Asia's top buyers react to the re-imposition of US sanctions on Iran?In this podcast, S&P Global Platts edi... Read more

9 May 2018

5mins

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Choppier waters for European gasoline

Choppier waters for European gasoline

The US is diversifying its sources of imports, but while this might sound dismal for European producers there is still a... Read more

4 Jul 2019

22mins

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High noon for high sulfur?

High noon for high sulfur?

Much is made of the new 0.5% sulfur standard in marine fuels come IMO 2020 but what of the well-established 3.5% fuel ma... Read more

24 Oct 2019

10mins

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Saudi shut-in after attacks, and an exploding scrubber: just another week in oil

Saudi shut-in after attacks, and an exploding scrubber: just another week in oil

As the oil market players digested the insights from the annual APPEC meeting in Singapore, an explosive attack on criti... Read more

16 Sep 2019

31mins

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IMO: financing marine fuel costs post-2020

IMO: financing marine fuel costs post-2020

Tonnage, debt, price and credit could be explosive issues for the shipping and bunker industry going into 2020. The fall... Read more

24 Jul 2018

8mins

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Iran sanctions begin to bite; what does IMO 2020 mean for fuel oil?

Iran sanctions begin to bite; what does IMO 2020 mean for fuel oil?

The expiration of the US-issued Iranian sanctions waivers has now passed, leaving regular buyers of Iranian crude – and ... Read more

13 May 2019

10mins

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US crude: overpriced, overhyped, and over here?

US crude: overpriced, overhyped, and over here?

As trade tensions mount, US crude production continues to grow and it has to go somewhere; Europe and Asia have been acc... Read more

14 Aug 2019

11mins

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"The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia."

"The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia."

With Otto von Bismarck’s famous quote likely ringing in his ears, Saudi King Salman welcomed Russia’s President Putin th... Read more

17 Oct 2019

20mins

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Refining maintenance

Refining maintenance

While oil refineries should be enjoying a relatively low crude oil price, the Covid-19 virus has hit demand in some regi... Read more

13 Feb 2020

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Changing currents for crude flows following trouble in the Strait of Hormuz

Changing currents for crude flows following trouble in the Strait of Hormuz

The UK and Iran are facing off against one another over oil tankers and this is spooking both shippers and oil producers... Read more

11 Jul 2019

5mins

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US, Russia battle for Asian crude oil demand

US, Russia battle for Asian crude oil demand

US crude has been gaining market share in Asia, with growing popularity in South Korea, Thailand and Taiwan. S&P Glo... Read more

2 Aug 2019

4mins

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Asian end-users grapple with soaring crude prices as freight rates surge

Asian end-users grapple with soaring crude prices as freight rates surge

Asian end-users faced a month of soaring crude oil prices in October after freight rates surged to record highs earlier ... Read more

31 Oct 2019

6mins

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Crude sellers count the cost of mounting freight rates

Crude sellers count the cost of mounting freight rates

As trade tensions take their toll on the shipping sector, will sellers of crude oil have to slash differentials to offse... Read more

10 Oct 2019

10mins

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Greener opportunities for jet fuel

Greener opportunities for jet fuel

Growing environmental scrutiny upon the aviation sector is shining a light on its carbon footprint. Tune into jet fuel s... Read more

20 Feb 2020

19mins

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Sour potential for Middle Eastern crude flows amid US-Iran tensions

Sour potential for Middle Eastern crude flows amid US-Iran tensions

Pressure on availability of sour crude could be brewing amid tension in the Middle East, with the potential for US invol... Read more

9 Jan 2020

18mins

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The middle way: Distillate-rich crudes forge ahead as IMO 2020 looms

The middle way: Distillate-rich crudes forge ahead as IMO 2020 looms

With all of the focus on sour crudes ahead of IMO 2020, the relationship between naphtha-rich and distillate-rich barrel... Read more

12 Sep 2019

7mins

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Prepare to reap the whirlwind

Prepare to reap the whirlwind

While the US continues to count the cost of Hurricane Dorian, Europe’s refined products markets are seeing differing imp... Read more

5 Sep 2019

20mins

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