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 Iraq:
The year of transfer?
Iraqi oil minister Hussein al-Shahristani said April 23 that the recent
government crackdown in the southern oil hub of Basra had been a success
and had created a safer environment for the oil industry.
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Created: April 24, 2008 |
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 Next-generation
biofuels begin to emerge
The production of biofuels has tripled from 4.8 billion gallons in 2000
to 16 billion gallons in 2007, but still only accounts for less than 3%
of total global transportation fuel supply, according to a report from the
Economic Research Services division of the US Department of Agriculture
(USDA).
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Created: April 16, 2008 |
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 IEA
says world needs bigger cushion on oil inventories
The world oil market needs a bigger oil stock "buffer" to cope with geopolitical
tension, even though inventory levels are already above five-year averages,
the International Energy Agency said March 11.
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Created: April 14, 2008 |
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 Crude
oil market round-ups
In a special series of podcasts, Platts European oil team discuss what's
been moving the West African, North Sea and Urals crude markets in the week
beginning February 4.
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Updated: February 8, 2008 |
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 Guide
to OPEC
OPEC secretary-general Abdalla el-Badri on Sep 14 said the oil producer
group did not believe current record oil prices would last, saying they
were not justified by market fundamentals or any shortage of crude.
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Updated: May 7, 2008 |
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 Oil
manufacturers turn to waste products
The unsavory leftovers from slaughterhouses and nose-crinkling gunk from
the sinks of any fast-food drive-through restaurant could be coming soon
to a diesel tank near you.
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Updated: October 31, 2007 |
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 Volatility
aside, MLP boomlet carries on
A string of energy-sector initial public offerings for master limited partnerships
(MLPs) has closed in 2007, with at least six others set to launch.
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Updated: October 16, 2007 |
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 US
ethanol output may miss target
US ethanol production forecasts may not be met due to a slowdown in new
plant construction and an end to easy financing, said Ron Miller, CEO of
producer/distributor Aventine Renewable Energy.
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Updated: September 24,
2007 |
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 European
naphtha market
Mixed fortunes have marked the European naphtha market over the course of
June and July as tightness, brought about by a healthy arbitrage to Asia,
helped push the price to a record high of $714.50/mt on July 12.
More...
Updated: July 14, 2007 |
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 The
dieselization of Europe
Diesel demand in Germany, France and the UK is expected to rise 2.2% in
2007 to 20,676,000 mt, according to International Energy Agency data analysed
by Platts, as Europe trends towards diesel powered transportation.
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Updated: July 7, 2007 |
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 Pelosi
unveils House energy bill
House Democratic leaders unveiled a package of wide-ranging energy bills
on June 28 that they said would significantly reduce US dependence on foreign
oil.
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Updated: June 28, 2007 |
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 Biodiesel
advocates optimistic about future growth
It's a very rough measure, admittedly, but based on the number of hits on
Google, ethanol is the reigning king of the alternative transportation fuels,
compared to biodiesel.
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Updated: May 16, 2007 |
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 Service
sector costs reflect the struggle to grow capacity
While general inflation is relatively muted, it is endemic in the oil and
gas supply chain. Average production costs are rising and service sector
capacity is stretched, threatening project timelines and cost estimates.
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Updated: March 28, 2007 |
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US ethanol producers look to discretionary blending
US ethanol is at a crossroads. After the surge in demand following last
year's phaseout of MTBE, 6 billion gallons of new capacity is planned, leading
to fears of overproduction.
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Updated: February 28, 2007 |
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 Latin
America looks to foreign investment
Latin America has agreed on numerous projects in 2006 that will mean increased
exploration and production, as well as improved cooperation between Latin
American countries and the rest of the world.
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Updated: November 6, 2006 |
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 Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
pipline officially opens
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which officially opens on July 13, constitutes
the most important key to date in unlocking the energy riches of the Caspian
and bringing them to global markets.
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Updated: September 1, 2006 |
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 Ernesto
spares energy futures another slump
Debbie was harmless and Ernesto may still prove to be nothing more than
another small storm in a teacup, but the vague threat of nasty weather in
the Gulf of Mexico spared energy futures a major slump.
More...
Updated: August 28, 2006 |
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 Prudhoe
Bay Outage
With crude production from Alaska's Prudhoe Bay field down indefinitely,
and tight supplies of short-haul Latin American crudes, typical Alaska North
Slope crude buyers may have to seek crudes from West Africa or Asia to fill
the void on the US West Coast.
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Updated: August 7, 2006 |
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 African
continent to remain a key spot for investors
The African continent will remain a key spot for hungry investors keen to
take advantage of bumper revenues as explorers spurred on by high oil prices
seek out previously under-explored frontier regions.
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Updated: July 20, 2006 |
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 Iran
a phantom menace in latest Middle Eastern conflict
Oil prices thundered into record territory July 14, and then again on
July 17 as Israel launched military strikes against Lebanon to smash Iranian-backed
Shi'ite Hezbollah guerrillas north of its border.
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Updated: July 17, 2006
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3%S prices remain weak while Russian M100 fuel oil floods market
Prices for USGC 3%S have remained weak for May relative to next-month
3% sulfur fuel oil swaps, as heavy imports of Russian M100 fuel oil this
month and a lack of incremental arbitrage opportunities in the Americas
or to Singapore weighed on the spot market.
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Updated: May 26, 2006
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 $100/barrel
oil-coming soon to an exchange near you
$100/barrel oil has gone from sensationalist claim to credible reality.
Little more than a year ago, Goldman Sachs was castigated for releasing
what was seen as a self-serving report warning that oil could see a 'super
spike', with crude prices reaching as high as $105/barrel.
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Updated: May 16, 2006 |
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 MTBE
Phase out
Salt Lake City-ExxonMobil sees a "fairly rapid" phase-out of MTBE-blended
gasoline by US refiners ahead of the May 5 repeal of the US oxygenate mandate.
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Updated: April 6, 2006 |
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Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings
Revenues and profits for many firms surged last year over previous years.
The turnaround from our last global survey is dramatic.
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Updated: March 20, 2006 |
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 Crude
Benchmark Analysis
For the last 20 years, price discovery in the oil market has been concentrated
around three main regional crude oil benchmarks, also known as 'marker'
crudes.
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Updated: March 7, 2006 |
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 North
Sea Rig Utilisation
After a subdued spell at the turn of year, the North Sea rig market sprang
to life during the past few weeks, with a high level of activity, featuring
the signing of a number of new and extension contracts.
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Updated: February 27, 2006 |
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 Platts
Ethanol Guide
Increasingly concerned about the cost of oil and the risks associated with
importing it, bipartisan groups of House and Senate lawmakers have filed
bills seeking to give biofuels and alternative fuel vehicles a place on
American highways.
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Created: December 21, 2005 |
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 Gasoline,
diesel, and jet outlook
The Bush administration is considering establishing regional reserves of
gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel to help avert the type of shortages that
occurred following hurricanes this year.
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Updated: November 7, 2005 |
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 Hurricane
Update
Platts provides a daily offering of a status report on energy industry recovery
efforts in the US Gulf. Detailed information about industry-specific recovery
efforts are provided as well.
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Updated: November 14, 2005 |
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 Latin
American E&P
Latin America is buzzing with exploration and production activity, especially
where countries are teaming up for joint benefits. Many countries in Latin
America are steering away from costly imports and are instead delving into
untapped resources at home.
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Updated: October 14, 2005 |
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 Focus
On Yukos
Key Yukos shareholder Menatep Group has joined a Societe Generale-led creditor
syndicate that Friday filed a $480-mil claim against the embattled Russian
oil producer in a Dutch court, Russian business daily Kommersant reported
August 23.
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Updated: August 23, 2005
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Energy policy focus now shifts to bureaucracy
President Bush on Aug. 8 signed Energy Policy Act of 2005 into law against
a backdrop of the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., triggering
a number of rulemakings and other actions by the FERC.
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Updated: August 8, 2005 |
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Fuel Management
World oil reserves were almost unchanged at the end of 2004 from the same
time a year earlier as new discoveries barely covered the amount of oil
produced, BP said June 14 in its 2005 statistical review of world energy.
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Updated: June 28, 2005
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 What
is "peak oil" and why should we worry?
Peak Oil is entering the mainstream. A phrase once considered synonymous
with "The End of Oil" -- the point at which global oil production reaches
its peak -- is now a subject for serious debate.
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Updated: June 1, 2005 |
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 High
Indian, Chinese demand squeezes supply, keep prices volatile
Oil prices have been notoriously volatile in recent years and 2005 has seen
a continuation of this recent trend, whilst prices have established new
all-time highs.
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Updated: April 19, 2005 |
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 Platts
Gasoline Guide
High oil prices should propel US retail regular-grade gasoline prices in
May to a monthly average price of about $2.35/gal, although weekly prices
and some regional prices will likely be higher.
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Created: April 14, 2005 |
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 Oil
prices merit re-examining of supply/demand fundamentals
Last year's relentless upward surge in oil prices was different from other
increases. Never before had the benchmark price of WTI crude passed even
$45/bbl, much less $50.
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Created: February 3, 2005
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 Impact
of Recent Oil Price Spikes
The effect of high oil prices, which reached historic highs on August 20,
on European energy commodities and metals.
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Created: September 9, 2004 |
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 Follow-up
to US-Iraq Handover
Iraq's oil ministry is evaluating offers from 14 international companies
for a contract to conduct a technical study on the country's major oilfields-north
and south Rumaila in the south and Kirkuk in the north.
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Updated: August 24, 2004
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 Energy
In China
China is the largest fuel oil importer in the Asia Pacific region. The
country's growing energy requirement has been spurred by escalating industrial
growth in the country.
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Created: August 18, 2004
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 Shell
Reserve Recategorization
Under regulatory authority investigation in three countries, facing a US
Justice Department probe, with its hitherto rock-solid long-term borrowing
downgraded by all major ratings agencies -- this hardly sounds like the
blue chip oil major Royal Dutch/Shell. More...
Updated: May 10, 2004 |
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 The
Bosphorus Tanker Traffic Issue
The Bosphorus 'issue' is a thorny one. Conflicting interests are in-built.
The waterway is surrounded by Turkish territory, but it is the single passage
to the Mediterranean for the landlocked states of the Black Sea.
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Created: March 8, 2004 |
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 Negative
outlook for mergers could turn around
Analysts were unanimous in agreement at the Edison Electric Institute International
Utility Conference back in March 2008 that there would not be much cross-Atlantic
merger and acquisition activity in the US power sector this year.
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Created: May 8, 2008 |
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 Rebalancing
with gas and wind
Continuing uncertainty about the future carbon environment as well as ongoing
concerns over security of supply seem to be outweighing fears about tightening
supply-demand margins, according to Platts Energy in East Europe's latest
power plant tracker.
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Created: May 1, 2008 |
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 Congress
analyzes cap-and-trade system for carbon dioxide
A program to control carbon dioxide emissions through a cap with an emissions-allowance
trading program that includes a "safety valve" would be "significantly more
efficient" than an inflexible annual cap on CO2.
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Created: March 4, 2008 |
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 NERC
chief applauds Florida restoration efforts
NERC CEO Rick Sergel on Feb. 27 applauded the efforts on Feb. 26 by Florida
utilities to restore power after a system disturbance led to the loss of
about 12 power plants and cut power to millions of customers.
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Created: February 27, 2008 |
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 Prosperous
solar PV sector confronts specter of looming investment 'bubble'
The solar photovoltaic industry since 2000 has established the best track
record for growth among all energy sources, oil and gas included.
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Created: February 27, 2008 |
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 EC
sets out new targets for emissions, renewables
The European Commission on January 23 set out detailed proposals for meeting
its target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020.
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Created: January 24, 2008 |
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 Emissions
trading -- time to get serious
The Kyoto Protocol's five-year compliance period begins in 2008. Industrialized
nations around the world have pledged to cut carbon emissions, but the job
seems to get harder, not easier. Can market mechanisms make the crucial
difference?
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Created: January 2, 2008 |
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 Climate
Change & Energy
The energy industry is bracing for a carbon-constrained world, but the ways
governments choose to control carbon around the globe may have vastly different
impacts on company bottom lines.
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Created: December 4, 2007 |
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 2007
European Power Year
The 2007 power year has been characterized by benign complacency. Within-year
prices have trended gently down on mild weather and soft demand. The summer
has been notable for a welcome lack of volatility - no cooling water panics,
no air conditioning crises.
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Created: October 16, 2007 |
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 International
investment in US power
European companies may soon begin looking for power sector investments in
the US, according to an executive of a US hedge fund who spoke at a conference
in New York City in June.
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Created: September 4, 2007 |
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 Emissions
Trading
Industrialized countries' commitment under the Kyoto Protocol to cut greenhouse
gas emissions to stem global warming will affect companies in all sectors
across the globe.
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Created: October 26, 2007 |
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 E.ON
lands on its feet
E.ON's pragmatic acceptance of political reality in Spain could stand the
German company, and European power competition, in good stead.
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Created: May 9, 2007 |
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 M&A
conditions may become 'more intrusive'
Conditions placed on mergers in the utility industry are "going to become
more and more intrusive over time," a former Illinois Commerce Commission
member told an Energy Bar Association annual meeting on April 25 in Washington.
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Created: April 29, 2007 |
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 Reform
and restructuring essential for Romanian energy industry
On January 1 Romania and neighboring Bulgaria became the latest members
of the European union, swelling its ranks to 27 states. But Romania still
has some catching up to do if it is to comply with all the EU's policies,
not least so in energy where progress has been slow.
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Created: April 12, 2007 |
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 EU
summit backs binding 20% renewables target
EU leaders have backed the European Commission's recommendation to have
a binding 20% by 2020 renewables target in a last minute landmark agreement,
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said March 9.
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Created: March 16, 2007 |
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 Private-equity
giants to buy TXU in $45 billion deal
Dallas-based TXU Corp. would pass into private hands if its many-sided,
historically large agreement with private-equity giants wins approval and
does not run into deal-breaking moves by Texas policymakers.
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Created: February 26, 2007 |
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 'Muted'
M&A activity in Asia and Australasia for much of 2006
Merger and acquisition activity in the regional power market remained a
muted business during much of 2006, in common with the situation pertaining
during the past few years.
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Created: February 7, 2007 |
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 New
capacity markets for power in East: Do they work?
If it sticks to its tentative schedule, the PJM Interconnection is within
months of an auction that will mark the debut of a new capacity market.
It is scheduled to be followed, in less than a year, by the first auction
in the new forward capacity market for ISO New England.
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Created: January 31, 2007 |
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 Retail
headroom increases across board as Texas starts new retail pricing regime
Utility affiliates in Texas have downplayed the change that took place January
1 as the price to beat expires for utilities in the Electric Reliability
Council of Texas , but retail marketers have gained customers and hope to
continue that trend in 2007, sources said as 2006 came to a close.
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Created: January 9, 2007 |
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Industry structure debate shifts gear
In the seemingly never-ending debate about restructured power markets, foes
of restructuring have turned up the heat recently with a study that rebuts
claims of benefits and assertions that momentum is building to turn the
clock back to cost-of-service regulation.
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Created: December 26, 2006 |
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 European
power: Fiddling at the margins
Creeping re-regulation of Europe's electricity sector in recent months has
betrayed a lack of confidence in the EU's internal market project, at a
time when the European Commission is planning an ambitious drive to complete
it.
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Created: November 29, 2006 |
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 Risk
and electricity price dynamics
The Platts Energy Research Initiative aims to forge close links with the
academic world by providing timely and accurate data as a basis for independent
energy research.
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Updated: November 21, 2006 |
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 Enron's
biggest trial finally arrives
Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, the two top leaders of the once-giant
energy corporation, began trial January 30 on fraud and conspiracy charges
of manipulating earnings statements and deceiving investors, analysts and
others about Enron's massive debts and failed ventures.
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Updated: October 6, 2006 |
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 Bulgaria
braces itself for EU membership
Bulgaria and Romania are set to become the European Union's newest members
on January 1, 2007. In a two-part series Platts Paul Whitehead looks at
the preparations and the challenges ahead for their energy sectors. First
stop: Bulgaria.
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Updated: September 28, 2006
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 China
and India look overseas
Ballooning demand for energy resources in China and India has prompted Beijing
and Delhi to place energy security at the heart of their foreign policies.
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Updated: September 20,
2006 |
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 Industry
infrastructure struggling to meet growing demand
Today's electricity systems are overstressed and overloaded, and investment
in new infrastructure is critical to maintaining reliability, said American
Electric Power Managing Director Calvin Crowder.
More...
Created: September 11,
2006 |
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Ernesto
spares energy futures another slump
Debbie was harmless and Ernesto may still prove to be nothing more than
another small storm in a teacup, but the vague threat of nasty weather in
the Gulf of Mexico spared energy futures a major slump the week of August
21.
More...
Updated: August 28, 2006
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 US
power acquisition deals are getting made, but will they close?
The US power industry isn't lacking for merger activity -- about
$58.5 billion worth of deals are pending, or have been announced or completed
in 2006, including the first hostile takeover attempt in some time. More...
Created: June 7, 2006 |
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EC inquiry opens competitive can of worms
The initial findings of the European Commission's competition
inquiry into the internal energy market confirm what many had suspected:
Europe's newly-opened energy markets are not working properly yet.
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Created: February 16, 2006 |
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Calpine on the brink
Merhcant power giant Calpine has been involved in a dispute with
debt holders over its use of more than $300-mil it received from the sale
of its natural gas production assets earlier this year, and is widely considered
to be on the verge of filing for bankruptcy protection.
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Updated: February 13, 2006 |
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Energy in East Europe
One does not need a crystal ball to know that southeast Europe
is the place to be this year and next for investors looking for acquisition
action in Europe's electricity and gas markets. A host of assets across
the region are already under privatization with more to come up for offer
over the course of the next year.
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Updated: February 6, 2006 |
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California's resource planners think long-term
Coal-fired electric generating plants and long-haul transmission
lines are making a comeback as California's resource planners think long-term.
Officials are looking 1,000 miles east to the open spaces of Wyoming to
play host to the next generation of baseload generation.
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Created: October 6, 2005 |
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European power use rises 1.7%
Mainland Europe used 1.7% more power last year, less than in
2003 on mild weather conditions, the Union for the Coordination of Transmission
of Electricity (UCTE) said in its 2004 system adequacy report published
on July 15. Generation capacity increased by 4%, mainly on a rise in combined
cycle plants and renewable sources of up to 20%.
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Created: August 12, 2005 |
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Asia Pacific acquisition market in the first half of 2005
The first half of 2005 again saw relatively muted merger and
acquisition activity in the Asia-Pacific region. However, at the end of
June there was a spurt of activity, while several major deals agreed during
the first half of the year or earlier were still awaiting completion.
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Created: August 8, 2005 |
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With more companies reporting sales, impact of financial firms on market
becomes clear
Nearly 290 companies made about 1.35-bil MWh of wholesale power
sales in the first quarter of 2005, compared with 262 companies reporting
about 1.46-bil MWh in sales for the same time period last year, according
to data submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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Created: August 2, 2005 |
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Polish elections mark turning point for the energy sector
Membership of the EU's common energy market creates new development
prospects for the Polish energy sector but it also necessitates significant
changes. Poland's caretaker coalition government has succeeded in moving
national energy legislation toward the EU energy market model. More...
Created: June 29, 2005 |
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US Power: Mergers & Acquisition Activity
Standard & Poor's is not yet convinced there is a new wave of
utility mergers and acquisitions under way, but the rating agency is sure
such deals are generally bad news for bondholders.
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Created: June 8, 2005 |
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 Analysts
predict booming market
Policy developments in North America and Europe, along with the
emergence of markets in countries like China and Brazil, could spur a booming
market in renewable energy this year, industry analysts and market players
predict.
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Created: May 19, 2005 |
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 Could
green certificates transform the European renewables market?
Are green certificates the key to realizing the EU's goals
for renewables? Platts looks at prospects for green certificates, and
their current use in the market.
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Created: April 5, 2005
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 MISO
faces other issues, but new market is center stage in policy debate
Implementing the ISO markets, which amount to a monumental
change in market structure, is the biggest challenge facing the Midwest
right now. But an in-depth look at the MISO region shows it's far from
the only challenge.
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Created: April 1, 2005
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 Essential
to economies, electric power is in the spotlight worldwide
While assuring the public that another blackout as widespread
as the one of August 2003 is unlikely, federal and state regulators also
say that American transmission grids operate under vague and voluntary
reliability standards and that attempts to audit utilities' compliance
with those standards are marred by inconsistency and subjectivity. More...
Created: March 16, 2005
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 US
New Generation 2004
The US added nearly 26,000 MW of nameplate new generating capacity in
2004, according to Platts POWERdat. These figures show a nearly 50% reduction
in 2003 new generation additions of more than 52,000 MW.
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Created: February 2, 2005 |
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 California
Power Crisis Refunds Settlement
On September 9, the appeals court dismissed California's challenge of FERC's
market authority, but ruled that FERC was wrong in deciding that it could
not make retroactive refunds stretching back further than the October 2,
2000, date that the agency had set.
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Created: December 13, 2004 |
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 Emissions
Marketplace
The dress rehearsals are over. After a last minute change of cast, when
President Vladimir Putin decided that Russia should also star in the world’s
first carbon trading spectacular, the directors of the show in Brussels
are now confident there will be no last minute hitches. The EU emissions
trading scheme is ready to roll. More...
Updated: December 13, 2004 |
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 Broadband
over Power Lines
While there are still questions about the regulatory treatment of broadband
over power line (BPL) service at the state level, both US federal and state
regulators are going out of their way to say they do not intend to stifle
broadband deployment with restrictive regulations. More...
Created: November 22, 2004 |
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 US
Election 2004
President George W. Bush's energy policies are likely to be unchanged in
his
second term.
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Created: November 4, 2004 |
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 EU
Accession Countries: Outlook On Gas And Electricity Sectors
All eight former Communist states have worked near miracles over the last
15 years in reforming their energy sectors to comply with EU legislation,
notably the electricity and gas directives of 1996 and 2003.
More...
Created: June 3, 2004
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 Energy
Utility Web Sites
The Internet-savvy, transaction-driven, financial services industry has
much to teach the energy industry about effectively serving customers online.
Financial firms have learned how to get their customers to use the web and
keep them happy and loyal. Energy companies could copy their approach and
net the same results. Most have not. More...
Created: March 24, 2004 |
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UK
ROC Price Set To Crash
The price of Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) could crash by nearly
a third to just over GBP33/MWh by 2007, new research by Power UK shows.
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Created: February 23, 2004 |
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 Interview
With US DOE's Abraham
As he enters the final year of the Bush Administration's term Energy Secretary
Spencer Abraham aims to fulfill the top priorities on President George W.
Bush's energy agenda. More...
Created: February 2, 2004 |
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 WorldCap
Study 2003: The Strategic Guide to Global Power Markets
In the last five years, N America experienced unparalleled power
plant development and construction, with natural gas-fired generation emerging
as the dominant technology. The study by Platts Research & Consulting
reveals that considerable opportunities exist in overseas electricity markets
for power plant developers. More...
Created: October 6, 2003 |
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 Ethanol
stocks high, prices static
Ethanol prices in Europe have been static in the first part of 2008 as high
stock levels have reduced spot trading activity.
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Created: February 15, 2008 |
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 European
petrochemcals & naphtha
The recent run up in the price of crude, which has pushed prices in the
entire petrochemical market to record levels, looked set to continue in
the near future.
More...
Created: November 19, 2007 |
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 European
& Americas polyolefins
European polypropylene homo injection contract prices have only shown an
upward trend so far this year rising to set a record high of Euro 1,265-1,270/mt
FD Germany in September.
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Created: October 24, 2007 |
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 Daily
Polymer Benchmarks
On the day Platts introduces daily global polymer assessments for LDPE,
LLDPE, and PP in Asia, the US, and Europe, Platts.com speaks to Senior Petrochemicals
Editor Ihsan Rahim to find out about recent polymer trading activity.
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Created: April 18, 2005 |
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 Petrochemicals
sector struggles with mature market, high costs
To cope with the industry's double challenge, many of its players are choosing
one of two opposing strategies: consolidation or divestiture.
More...
Created: February 17, 2005 |
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 European
Plastics Guide
The global polymer business is emerging from the worst time in history,
Robert Bauman, VP and director of polymers for Nexant, said October 6 at
the Petrochemical World Trade Conference in Houston.
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Created: October 15, 2004 |
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 Security
in the US Chemical Sector
A look at security in the petrochemical sector three years on since 9/11.
There are some 15,000 facilities across the US that produce, store or in
some manner handle hazardous chemicals.
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 Gold
prices soar to record levels as rally continues
Someone once said there's this odd thing about the future -- it never
gets here. But if exchange-traded steel futures contracts ever take off,
2007 may be looked back on as the pivotal year.
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Updated: January 16, 2008 |
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 Steel
Futures
Someone once said there's this odd thing about the future -- it never
gets here. But if exchange-traded steel futures contracts ever take off,
2007 may be looked back on as the pivotal year.
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Updated: December 13, 2007 |
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 Global
lead market Overview
Lead, usually one of the quietest of the base metals, is now one of the
most publicized in the complex. With a price well above $3,000/mt, seemingly
insatiable demand from China, and falling stock levels, Platts Edward Pearcey
looks at what the future holds fo |
