Rockies refiners benefit as oil storage soars, crude prices fall: Petrodollars
Janet McGurty looks at how prices are impacting refiners and oil producers in the Rockies region of the US in this week’s Oilgram News column, Petrodollars.
Indonesia has significant potential to increase geothermal electricity production
(Mon, 19 Oct 2015) Indonesia ranked third in the world in both geothermal electricity production and geothermal generating capacity in 2014, behind only the United States and the Philippines. The country is located at the convergence of several tectonic plates in Southeast Asia, giving it significant geothermal potential, although most of its potential reserves remain unexplored.
The Oil Big Five: Scandal, politics, and looking ahead
Seasonal shifts driving markets in Asia, the future of US Arctic production, and other key topics moving the global oil industry.
Metals prices unsteady in September, but August’s multi-year lows not tested
Platts' Greg Smart explains how concerns over the Chinese economy, supply concerns and weaker global manufacturing impacted base metals markets in September.
New Concern Over Quakes in Oklahoma Near a Hub of U.S. Oil
An earthquake in central Oklahoma last weekend has raised fresh concern about the security of a vast crude-oil-storage complex that sits at the crossroads of the nation’s oil-pipeline network.
Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook
The Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook report analyzes supply-and-demand conditions in the U.S. fruit and tree nuts markets and provides projections on market conditions for 2015 apple, pear, cranberry, grape and peach crops as well as 2014/15 citrus crops, both fresh and processed markets. It includes an additional section on U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act.