Dirty tanker freight rates soared to their highest level in years in 2015, bringing back the positive vibe for shipowners. But how sustainable is this strength in prices going forward?
Europe is facing a new conflict: Platts editors discuss a potential gas price war between US LNG and Russian pipeline gas.
Anglo American said recently it would scrap its dividend this year and next, hugely reduce capex and look to sell all its lossmaking assets.
Dutch economic affairs minister Henk Kamp must be more than ready for the holiday season after what has been an eventful year for the man in charge of the country’s energy policy.
(Wed, 16 Dec 2015) Independent energy assessments of a subset of the buildings surveyed in EIA's Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey have confirmed the quality of data gathered by interviewers. For instance, 65% of the square footage values collected by the interviewers agreed within +/- 10% with the square footage data collected by professional energy assessors.
Big economies made big promises to cut emissions at the Paris climate summit. Frank Watson analyzes how the commitments could affect energy markets.
Rolling semi-finished steels into bars used for construction is the healthiest steelmaking option available right now, looking at margins.
(Tue, 15 Dec 2015) EIA's recently introduced Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory consolidates currently available information on electric generators into a single product. This new database will enable users to identify monthly changes in generator status and to track units that are being added or retired from the generating fleet.
(Tue, 15 Dec 2015) As part of an effort to make EIA?s energy consumption surveys as accurate and efficient as possible, EIA invited the National Research Council (NRC) to review the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) data-gathering process and make recommendations for improvements. The NRC suggested sending professional energy assessors to some sites and comparing the data obtained from the survey to the data collected by the assessors. Results from the energy assessment data collection have largely confirmed the quality of data gathered by CBECS interviewers.
“It is a buyer’s market.” This phrase is omnipresent on most oil trader’s lips these days, and none typifies this better than the current state of the Nigerian crude oil market.
