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| Swaps sellers aim to sustain tanker earnings amid rising fuel costs |
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July 2,
2008
Freight forward agreements (FFAs) on crude tankers for the coming year have gained upward momentum as swaps sellers aim to sustain tanker earnings amid rising costs for bunker fuel and players extrapolate the unprecedented strength of spot freight rates into the future, industry sources said.
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| India's D6 gas production to commence September |
|  June
26, 2008
India's giant D6 gas block in the eastern offshore Krishna Godavari Basin is expected to start production in September at a rate of 25 million cu m/day (about 882,500 Mcf/day) and supplies will be prioritized for the country's underutilized urea and power plants, the oil ministry said late June 25.
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| EU, OPEC share oil price 'concern' but disagree on causes |
|  June 24, 2008
OPEC and the European Union met for high-level talks in Brussels June 24, reiterating their mutual "concern" over record oil prices but failing to agree on whether a supply/demand mismatch was to blame for the historic surge.
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| Crisis
for US airlines as oil prices defy gravity |
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May 20,
2008
Fuel costs are the biggest catalyst in the latest
flurry of consolidations in the US airlines
industry, analysts say, and may bring about
more trouble as with the exception of a few,
none of the airlines has prepared for today's
cost environment.
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| Iraq:
The year of transfer? |
|  April
24, 2008
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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| Next-generation
biofuels begin to emerge |
 April
16, 2008
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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| IEA
says world needs bigger cushion on oil inventories |
|  April
14, 2008
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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| Crude
oil market round-ups |
|  February
8, 2008
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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| Energy issues dominate US presidential race |
|  July 2, 2008
Early this year, shortly after oil prices topped $100 a barrel for the first time, a reporter asked US President George W. Bush if he had any advice for "the average American who is hurting now, facing the prospect of $4-a-gallon gasoline."
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| Huge investments needed to meet US power demand growth |
|  June 4, 2008
US utilities and their customers are feeling the pinch. Amidst the credit crunch, huge investments are needed to meet power demand growth, but inflation is rife across the supply side.
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Negative
outlook for mergers could turn around |
|  May
8, 2008
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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| Rebalancing
with gas and wind |
|  May
1, 2008
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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| Congress
analyzes cap-and-trade system for carbon dioxide
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|  March
4, 2008
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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| NERC
chief applauds Florida restoration efforts |
|  February
27, 2008
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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| Prosperous
solar PV sector confronts specter of looming investment
'bubble' |
|  February
27, 2008
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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| EC
sets out new targets for emissions, renewables |
|  January
24, 2008
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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| Emissions
trading -- time to get serious |
|  January
2, 2008
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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| Calls
to curb oil market speculators may spill into
gas, industry fears |
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May 14, 2008
Talk of curbing speculative trading in petroleum
markets has the potential to bleed into the
gas market, according to industry insiders,
who warned that, despite the historically high
price of commodities, the reining in of such
players could have devastating effects on energy
trading.
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| Shale
boom to help US meet growing gas demand |
|  May
28, 2008
It's been more than a century since the first
natural gas wells were sunk in the United States
- shallow holes in the rigid shale formations
of Appalachia.
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| Western
markets are poised to prosper in 2008 |
|  March
17, 2008
With 2008 in full swing, Rocky Mountain market
watchers agree that some significant pricing
and infrastructure events from 2007 continue
to exert their influence.
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| LNG
regas capacity is outstripping new liquefaction
plant at a rapid rate |
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 March
12, 2008
The ratio of regasification capacity to LNG
liquefaction is set to grow rapidly over the
next five years.
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| World
gas prices reflect regional splits |
|  February
5, 2008
Wholesale spot prices in Asia, Europe and North
America are moving further apart this winter,
not converging.
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| Coal
- a derivatives market on the brink of change |
|  April
15, 2008
Coal is re-emerging as a vital generation feedstock
fuel with plentiful global reserves. A global
seaborne steam coal market split between the
Atlantic and Pacific basins has been complemented
by a thriving financial derivatives market.
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| Cost
doubts assail new nuclear growth |
|  May 28, 2008
On paper the case for new nuclear in Europe
is as compelling today as it was during the
1970s oil crisis, indeed more so because of
new imperatives to control CO2 emissions.
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| DOE
gets approval for nuclear energy loan guarantees |
|  January
7, 2008
With the spot price of uranium having slid through
the month of July, there are differences among
analysts about how low the price will drop before
it once again rises, as most expect it will.
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| Ethanol
stocks high, prices static |
 February
15, 2008
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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| Calls
to curb oil market speculators may spill into
gas, industry fears |
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May 14, 2008
Talk of curbing speculative trading in petroleum
markets has the potential to bleed into the
gas market, according to industry insiders,
who warned that, despite the historically high
price of commodities, the reining in of such
players could have devastating effects on energy
trading.
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| Commodities
as an asset class for investors |
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January 2, 2008
Recent years have seen a profound re-appraisal
by many
financial market players of the merits of commodity-related
investments, both in terms of the companies
that extract, refine, transport and market such
key building blocks of modern economies and
directly in those commodities themselves.
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