Platts editors analyse the top oil news and pricing stories from around the globe. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail.aspx?xmlPath=oil/Europe/index.xml en-us Copyright (c) 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. http://www.mcgraw-hill.com Energy News http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/LANDINGPAGESXML/HeaderImages/platts-logo.gif http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail.aspx?xmlPath=oil/Europe/index.xml Platts webeditor@platts.com no Platts editors analyse the top oil news and pricing stories from around the globe. Platts editors analyze the top oil news and pricing stories from around the globe. This is a collection of Platts three key oil podcast series -- 'What's moving the European oil market,' 'What's moving the Americas oil market,' and the 'Oil Rountable: top three news stories'. oil,crude,news,energy,platts,jet fuel,diesel,gasoline,HSFO,LSFO,brent,gasoil,OPEC,Nymex,shipping,refining,petroleum Platts jamie_mcduell@platts.com Joel Hanley Verena Peternell EMEA crude oil managing editor Joel Hanley and crude editor Verena Peternell discuss the soaring strength in North Sea Forties crude oil, its physical causes, and its impact on the Dated Brent-Forties-Oseberg-Ekofisk benchmark assessment in the North Sea. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive.aspx?archivepath=oil/Archive/index.xml&Country=Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2010/jul/euromover072810.mp3 28 Jul 2010 10:00:00 EST 7:57 Platts,Forties,crude oil,Dated Brent,North Sea,Oseberg,Ekofisk,benchmark Simon Thorne Richard Turner Platts managing editor Simon Thorne, and light ends editor Richard Turner, discuss recent shifts in the European naphtha market, stemming from fewer export opportunities to Asia. The editors touch on a currently weak local market, and other reasons for sharp falls in a currently bearish market. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive.aspx?archivepath=oil/Archive/index.xml&Country=Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2010/jul/euromover072110.mp3 21 Jul 2010 07:00:00 EST 4:39 Platts,LPG,liquefied petroleum gas,butane,naphtha,demand,contango,oil,petrochemicals,Europe,Asia,Arab Gulg,AG Richard Swann Robert Perkins Benno Spencer Richard Swann, managing editor of oil news, Robert Perkins, London news correspondent, and Benno Spencer, fuel oil editor, discuss events leading up to BP's successful containment of the flow of oil from its Macondo blowout in the Gulf of Mexico; the oil major having come under attack in the US for lobbying the UK government to agree a prisoner transfer deal with Libya in order to help push through an exploration deal with Tripoli; and the impact of MARPOL legislation that came into effect July 1 limiting the sulfur cap on bunker fuel burnt in NWE to 1%. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive.aspx?archivepath=Roundtable/Archive/index.xml http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Roundtable/Archive/2010/Jul/roundtable071610.mp3 16 Jul 2010 16:30:00 EST 9:35 Libya,oil,crude oil,refining,refiners,deepwater,horizon,disaster,spill,BP,Macondo,diesel,NWE,LSFO,sulfur,fuel oil,MARPOL Starr Spencer Gary Taylor Starr Spencer and Gary Taylor, senior writers for Platts Oilgram News, discuss a decision by a New Orleans appeals court to reject the government bid to continue the moratorium and an acceleration of the containment schedule due to a clear weather window. BP is also weighing options if the relief well fails altogether. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive.aspx?archivepath=Roundtable/Archive/index.xml http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Roundtable/Archive/2010/Jul/roundtable070910.mp3 9 Jul 2010 16:30:00 EST 9:00 oil,crude oil,refining,refiners,deepwater,horizon,disaster,spill,BP,Macondo,diesel,Germany,LSFO,sulfur,fuel oil Robert Sharp Robert Sharp, manager of downstream market development, discusses how ethanol prices have shown a downward trend over time, reasons for ethanol oversupply, and the situation with ethanol prices being essentially weak. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive.aspx?archivepath=oil/Archive/index.xml&Country=Americas http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2010/jul/amermover070710.mp3 7 Jul 2010 16:00:00 EST 4:58 oil,ethanol,prices Walid Kurdi Tim Worledge Walid Kurdi, Platts European oil editor, and Tim Worledge, Platts European middle distillates editor, discuss the recent round of refinery cuts in Europe following the sharp drop in refining margins in the region. The editors discuss the reasons behind the current weak market, the response from refiners and the outlook for the sector. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive.aspx?archivepath=oil/Archive/index.xml&Country=Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2010/jul/euromover070710.mp3 7 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST 9:25 refining,crude oil,run cuts,Europe,NWE,Asia,arbitrage,weak market,refinery cuts,refinery margins Richard Swann Stuart Elliott Tim Worledge In this podcast Richard Swann, Tim Worledge, middle distillates editor, and Stuart Elliott discuss the 'fantasy speculation' regarding a possible takeover of BP; the problems faced by French oil company Total after an explosion at it's UK based Lynsey refinery and an order by a local French court to restart its Dunkirk refinery, following an appeal by union workers; and the potential for a return to large volumes of floating storage for jet fuel and other middle distillates, due to the over supply of product in the market. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive.aspx?archivepath=Roundtable/Archive/index.xml http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Roundtable/Archive/2010/Jul/roundtable070210.mp3 2 Jul 2010 11:30:00 EST 10:45 oil,crude oil,refining,refiners,deepwater,horizon,disaster,spill,BP,Macondo,diesel,Germany,LSFO,sulfur,fuel oil Gary Taylor Gary Taylor, senior writer for Platts Oilgram News, discusses the season's first hurricane, the impact hurricanes could have on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup efforts, and the status of the relief well to date. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive.aspx?archivepath=oil/Archive/index.xml&Country=Americas http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2010/jul/amermover070110.mp3 1 Jul 2010 16:00:00 EST 3:38 oil,crude,prices,markets,accident,goverment,drilling,spill,USGC,BP,Macondo,blowout,gas,gasoline,pump Joel Hanley Derek Hardy Joel Hanley, Platts EMEA crude oil manager, and Derek Hardy, Platts EMEA LPG editor, discuss the latest trends in the European liquefied petroleum gas markets. The discussion covers the evident strength in butane prices and how propane values have yet to reach such heights in the face of strong demand. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive.aspx?archivepath=oil/Archive/index.xml&Country=Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2010/jun/euromover063010.mp3 30 Jun 2010 08:00:00 EST 4:37 Platts,LPG,liquefied petroleum gas,butane,propane,naphtha,demand,refining,oil,petrochemicals,NWE,West Africa,US,Algeria Gary Gentile Starr Spencer Starr Spencer and Gary Gentile, senior writers for Platts Oilgram News, discuss the new head of the Minerals Management Service (newly renamed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management), the overhaul of regulatory agencies overseeing deepwater drilling, and hints about a forthcoming revised drilling moratorium. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive.aspx?archivepath=Roundtable/Archive/index.xml http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Roundtable/Archive/2010/Jun/roundtable062510.mp3 25 Jun 2010 10:30:00 EST 10:10 oil,crude oil,disaster,oil spill,Deepwater Horizon,crude futures,ICE Brent,NYMEX,shipping Simon Thorne Benno Spencer Simon Thorne, Platts EMEA oil manager, and Benno Spencer, Platts EMEA fuel oil editor, discuss the latest ISO marine fuel specifications, ISO 8217 2010. Topics covered include the release of the specifications, their technical makeup and cost ramifications, and why they have come to be published. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive.aspx?archivepath=oil/Archive/index.xml&Country=Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2010/jun/euromover062310.mp3 23 Jun 2010 07:30:00 EST 5:38 Platts,oil,fuel oil,ISO,bunker,specifications,marine fuel,ISO 8217,costs,NWE,Europe,Mediterranean,Med,global