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Weight of Freight: US-Brazil fuel trade to play a leading role for MR tankers

For this episode we are joined by a special guest Stefanos Kazantzis, Commercial Director at McQuilling Services, for a deep dive discussion on the Atlantic clean tanker market. 

The Crude Report: WTI pricing at the USGC nears uniformity

The transparency of locational spreads between the various US Gulf coast terminals that make up Argus AGS has proven quite popular, as it helps to highlight each connection’s unique market fundamentals.

In this episode of The Crude Report, Argus Associate Editor Amanda Hilow and Argus Americas Crude Editor Gus Vasquez explain Argus AGS’ newest methodology changes and what factors have contributed to the downward trend between locational spreads.

Inside Fertilizer Analytics: Ammonium Sulphate, Apr. 2021

With growing agronomic demand for ‘sulphur as a nutrient’, ammonium sulphate (AS) has a key place in this delivery, whether it is directly applied, blended or used as a feedstock in the production of more advanced N+S products or compound NPK+S.

Join Matt Lisley – Senior Analyst and Tim Cheyne - VP, Fertilizers, as they discuss AS production routes, future capacity additions coming on-stream & price mechanisms. We move on to the impact of Chinese caprolactam and compaction capacity on price premiums for different grades and quality of AS product; and finish with an intriguing look at the recent news surrounding the environmental impact of phosphogypsum, and how ammonium sulphate may play a part in the circular economy.

Falando de Mercado: Como a Argus apura os preços de etanol do Nordeste

O mercado de etanol do Nordeste brasileiro segue crescendo em importância, com uma dinâmica de preços muito particular. Junte-se a Camila Dias, Chefe de Redação da Argus no Brasil, e Amance Boutin, Editor do relatório Argus Brasil Combustíveis, para conhecer a robusta metodologia adotada pela Argus para publicar indicadores de preços de etanol comercializado no Nordeste brasileiro com total transparência.  

Links relacionados

• Serviço diário | Argus Brasil Combustíveis
• Webinar | Visibilidade de preços na cadeia de abastecimento de diesel no Brasil
• White Paper | Argus fornece visibilidade de preços para toda a cadeia de suprimento de diesel no Brasil

The Crude Report: Revisiting negative oil prices with the CFTC

It has been nearly one year since 20 April 2020, a turbulent day for oil markets when WTI crude prices fell to a settlement price of negative $37.63/bl, which left some producers in the unusual position of paying someone to take their oil. Limited storage in Cushing, Oklahoma, and travel restrictions from Covid-19 both contributed to the volatile market dynamics that day, but others have sought a more robust "root cause" analysis to determine why oil prices fell so fast yet recovered so quickly the next day. 

In this episode of The Crude Report, Commodity Futures Trading Commission member Dan Berkovitz offers his perspective on the dip into negative oil prices, the need to analyze the significant increase in "trading at settlement" contracts on 20 April, and his push for a more thorough review by regulators of market activity that day. 

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Global LPG Conversations: Update on Asia-Pacific markets and Indonesia’s LPG plans

In this latest episode, Asia-Pacific LPG editor, Reza Amanat, talks with David Appleton about the lack of reaction in Asia-Pacific prices to several logistical issues impacting the market in the past quarter, as well as Indonesia’s long-term plans for LPG in the residential sector. 

Related Links

• Argus International LPG
• Argus LPG Outlook

The Crude Report: Opec+’s Spring surprise

Last week's Opec+ meeting surprised markets with an agreement to lift production quotas by over 1.1mn b/d between May and July, not including Saudi Arabia’s own pledge to unwind its own 1mn b/d of additional voluntary cuts over the same period. While the global crude oil market seemed to take the news well, Opec+ has acknowledged that these plans aren't set in stone and could still change should circumstances require.

In this episode of The Crude Report, Argus Opec correspondent and Dubai Editorial manager Nader Itayim details what was agreed upon, and what factors could result in Opec+ changing course - a big possibility should we see a potential return of Iranian volumes in the coming months.

Global Polymer Conversations: PE and PP review of Q1 2021 and outlook

In this episode of Global Polymer Conversations, Argus VP of Petrochemicals Muhamad Fadhil and reporters Yee Ying Ang and Matt Rajendra discuss the outlook for global polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP). Together, they discuss the first three months of 2021, new capacities in China and the global container crunch. 

On September 4, 2020, Argus launched two new reports, the Global Polyethylene and Global Polypropylene, providing readers with an in-depth view on petrochemical feedstocks, resin pricing, buy-side information and freight. To know more about the service, please visit:

• Argus Global Polyethylene
• Argus Global Polypropylene

The Crude Report: Dirty tanker rates to face “painful” recovery

In this episode of The Crude Report, Richard Matthews, Head of Research at Gibson Shipbrokers, joins Argus’ Head of Freight Alex Younevitch, to discuss the impact of Opec+ ongoing production cuts, projected fleet growth and illicit trades by older vessels on crude freight in 2021 and beyond. 

This is So Exhausting! - Episode 2

In this episode of the “This is So Exhausting!” Podcast, George and Tim speak to Miron Thoms, Head of Volvo Penta India.

Topics covered include the Covid lockdown in India, improvements in fuel quality, and the implications of the next steps of the complex off-road emissions regulations in India including the introduction of SCR without DOC or DPF in Volvo Penta’s engine range.

We also debate the challenges of moving from mechanical to electronically controlled engines with modern fuel injection, the introduction of BS V for non-road from 2024/25, and the possibility to electrify non-road equipment in India.

Find all the This is So Exhausting episodes here: https://thisissoexhausting.podbean.com/