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Driving Discussions: The road to HVO and SAF in Asia

This latest episode in our Driving Discussions series covers the launch of renewable energy assessments in Asia for HVO and SAF. Argus host Sunita Sharma, VP - Asia Products, invites colleague Amandeep Parma, Editor - Biofuels, to comment on the role of these assessments.

Driving Discussions: Will the pandemic permanently scar Europe’s refining sector?

The European refined products market has had one of the worst years on record. Covid-19 has demolished transportation fuel demand leaving large fuel stockpiles across the continent.

Join Elliot Radley, the Editor of the European Products report and Benedict George, reporter on the European Products desk covering diesel and refining as they discuss the current state of the European refining industry and what refiners are doing to stay afloat.

Market Talks: How’s the soybean paper market doing in Brazil?

The paper market for soybean from Brazil’s main agricultural port Paranagua has picked up, and is proving an increasingly significant secondary market for traders. What has driven this, and what are the prospects for the country’s 2020-21 soybean crop?

In this week’s episode of Market Talks, Argus’ Brazil Bureau Chief, Camila Dias, and Agriculture and Fertilizer Reporter Jose Roberto Gomes analyse the outlook for Brazil’s soybean exports.

Falando de Mercado: Como anda o paper market de soja no Brasil?

O paper market de soja negociada a partir de Paranaguá tem estado aquecido, tornando-se um mercado secundário cada vez mais significativo para comercializadores atuando no Brasil. O que tem impulsionado esse mercado e quais as perspectivas para a safra brasileira de soja 2020-2021?

No episódio desta semana da série Falando de Mercado, Camila Dias, Chefe de Redação da Argus no Brasil, e José Roberto Gomes, repórter de agricultura e fertilizantes, conversam sobre as perspectivas para as exportações brasileiras de soja.

The Crude Report: China’s year-end buying spree

In this episode of The Crude Report, we look at oil markets through the prism of China, where life seems to generally be back to normal, as even their energy consumption has come roaring back. 

Tom Reed, VP at Argus is joined by Li Xiang, Argus' lead crude analyst in Beijing.

The Crude Report: Opec+ looks at 2021

Opec+ ministers will meet w/c 30 November to discuss next steps for their production agreement, the decisions of which will obviously have impacts on global crude oil trade flows. 

Sean Cronin, the editor of Argus Global Markets, presents this latest episode of The Crude Report.

The Crude Report: Freight loses some Covid-19 weight

After an unprecedented rise earlier this year thanks to a surge of floating storage demand, the Weight of Freight – freight's share of the delivered cost – has returned to the more typical 5% - 10% range for US-to-China shipments.

In this episode of The Crude Report, Nicholas Watt, Freight editor for the Americas, is joined by Michael Connolly, Freight reporter, to discuss the freight side of US crude oil exports. 

Falando de Mercado: Os altos e baixos na safra de cana-de-açúcar 20-21

O mercado de etanol do Centro-Sul brasileiro viveu sua própria montanha-russa em 2020, oscilando entre bruscas quedas e crescente otimismo. Como isso se traduziu nos preços do biocombustível ao longo da temporada e quais as perspectivas para o período de entressafra?

No episódio desta semana da série Falando de Mercado, Camila Dias, Chefe de Redação da Argus no Brasil, e Pedro Cirne, Subeditor do relatório Argus Brasil Combustíveis fazem um balanço da safra de etanol do Centro-Sul.

From the Economist’s Chair: Irrational Exuberance

Events since early November have boosted equities, strengthened crude oil prices, placed a floor under the USD index and moderated some of the recent safe-haven demand for gold. But market optimism after the US Presidential election, and news of Covid-19 vaccine successes that quickly followed it, could prove short-lived if pandemic impacts worsen further during the northern hemisphere winter. Opec+ Ministers will surely be watching closely.  

David Fyfe, Chief Economist for Argus Media, presents this latest podcast and blog post in the “From the Economist’s Chair” series.

The Crude Report: Why penalize running the lights?

The six stand-alone splitters designed to refine ultra-light crude oil condensate at the US Gulf coast should have operating advantages in an environment where gasoline is king – but this theory hasn't quite panned out. Sandy Fielden, Director of Research at Morningstar Commodities and Energy, joins Jeff Kralowetz, Vice President of Business Development at Argus, to discuss the economics of running the units in current market conditions.