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Commodities Focus

May 20, 2015

Pipeline maintenance and an uptick in gas-fired power generation are supporting price movements in North American spot and forwards natural gas markets. Curt Mrowiec and Chris Pedersen, senior pricing specialists at Platts, and Thad Walker, energy analyst with Bentek Energy, detail the current...


May 15, 2015

Platts Stuart Elliott, associate editorial director, Europe and Africa oil news, and Nastassia Astrasheuskaya, Platts editor in Moscow, discuss the current status of Belarus' gasoline supplies to Russia, its refinery modernization program and Minsk's ambitions to boost oil product exports to...


May 14, 2015

The tension between US coal producers and fuel buyers was evident at the recent Eastern Fuel Buyers Conference, where coal sellers expressed the desire for utilities to work with them to help keep the coal industry afloat. But continued low natural gas prices means the US EIA expects gas generation...


May 11, 2015

Platts Stuart Elliott, associate editorial director, Europe and Africa oil news, and Nick Coleman, Platts senior editor in London, discuss the implications for the UK's oil sector of the Conservative Party victory in the May 7 UK general election, the rise of the Scottish Nationalist Party and what...


May 7, 2015

Platts Stuart Elliott, associate editorial director, Europe and Africa oil news, and Rosemary Griffin, Platts editor in Moscow, discuss the possible outcome of talks May 8-10 between Russia and China in the areas of oil and gas supply and financing, as well as the continued rise in Russian oil...