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06 April 2020
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” Oscar Wilde
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06 April 2020 Sian Lazell
Scientists carried out the study to investigate the vulnerability of cats, dogs and other domestic animals to SARS-CoV-2.
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06 April 2020 Siddhartha Sen
An analysis on the oil targeting projects in Latin America which has an FID date between 2020 and 2022. Read our experts’ insights.
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06 April 2020
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is sending shockwaves through the global economy. The impact is particularly acute in oil product markets...
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06 April 2020 Lysle R. Brinker
Markets continue to fluctuate due to the blows served by coronavirus and tanking oil prices – forcing global oil companies to quickly shift strategies....
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03 April 2020 Isaac Nuti IHS Markit Energy Expert Cinnamon Edralin, BA
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is only part of the story when it comes to the oil price decline in recent months.
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02 April 2020 Rob Smith
The global biofuel sector is being significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s not all bad news.
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02 April 2020
The coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic by the WHO on March 11. Over the course of March, a range of animal health companies witnessed...
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02 April 2020 Wade Shafer Mark Griffith IHS Markit Energy Expert
Maintaining power grid reliability will be a major challenge in a deeply decarbonized future.
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01 April 2020 Cecillia Zheng Ankita Chauhan
South and Southeast Asia’s power markets in 2020.
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01 April 2020 Chris DeLucia Carolyn Seto
Oil and gas companies face growing pressures to reposition their models to compete in a new energy landscape
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31 March 2020 Tom Scott Kevin Lindemer
Agricultural economy sectors have had to accommodate increased feedstock usage of biofuels
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31 March 2020
Many animal health businesses around the world are complying with local government recommendations for social distancing with flexible work arrangements....
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31 March 2020 Peter Rixon
France looks to recruit “land army”, US reduces inspections
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31 March 2020 Jordan Woloschuk Bill Rawlusyk
Canadian midstream capex cuts are limited; however, condensate price trend may further dampen Canadian NGL outlook
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31 March 2020
COVID-19 was first identified during an outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in December 2019. Investigations into the...
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31 March 2020 Edurne Zoco, Ph.D. Cormac Gilligan
An overview of the impact coronavirus (COVID-19) has played on the solar industry.
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31 March 2020
Article: COVID-19 related impact on the staggering rise in unemployment (3.3 million people filing for benefits in the 4th week in March) plus...
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31 March 2020 Max Green
Producers of pork, poultry and beef all having to adapt to new market demands and workforce pressures
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30 March 2020 Paola Perez Pena
The recent drop in oil prices has created controversy about the future of most of the E&P and services companies, but how will this affect the...
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30 March 2020
Russia became one of the latest countries to react to the Covid-19 pandemic’s rapid spread and its implications to the economy.
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30 March 2020
Local sugar industries are not immune to Covid-19 from spillover impacts and have begun to be impacted by a variety of problems emanating from...
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27 March 2020
Earlier disruption to food and drink supplies caused by port blockages has been exacerbated by border closures that hinder road transport and...
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27 March 2020 Paola Perez Pena
Several forces have plunged the upstream sector into what will surely be an historic downturn, and it’s difficult to overstate just how dire...
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27 March 2020 Dr. Alan Bullion
African swine fever (or ASF), is a highly contagious viral disease which affects domestic and wild pigs. The disease has become a global threat...
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27 March 2020 Dr. Alan Bullion
African swine fever (or ASF), is a highly contagious viral disease which affects domestic and wild pigs.
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27 March 2020
In this year’s report, we take a look at the top 20 most innovative start-ups from the 2018 report, and update readers on the progress they have...
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26 March 2020 Mariam Al-Shamma David Gates Cat Hunter, Msc, MA
With multifaceted challenges, the global oil market is facing a period of massive oversupply.
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26 March 2020 Sam Wilkinson Francesco d'Avack Edurne Zoco, Ph.D. Eduard Sala de Vedruna Cormac Gilligan
S&P Global experts in clean energy technology recently sat down to discuss how coronavirus (COVID-19) could impact the renewables industry.
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26 March 2020 Xizhou Zhou
Renewables have emerged as a winner in the increasing competition among different power generation resources in China.
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25 March 2020 Rob Smith
How has coronavirus (COVID-19) impacted oil demand? We explore.
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24 March 2020 Bill McCary
The USDA’s Agricultural Statistics Board publish its key Prospective Planting Report on 31st March, which gives the market some direction at...
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24 March 2020 Sarah Marlow
The world markets are currently reeling from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic that is sweeping the globe.
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23 March 2020 Peter Rixon
“No food shortage” says US farm body, laws eased to let shops join forces, Portugal reduces child obesity
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23 March 2020 IHS Markit Expert
The crop protection and seed industry has been relatively unaffected by COVID-19. However, as the virus continues to spread and impact global...
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23 March 2020
World users of soybeans should benefit from a rebound in potential soybean production in 2020.
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20 March 2020 Rob Smith
The COVID-19 outbreak and its aftermath, what does it mean for China’s oil demand and performance of its oil industry
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20 March 2020 Shankari Srinivasan Catherine Robinson
Hydrogen gas is gaining momentum. Discover why.
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19 March 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Early this year, a shipment of five ISO containers of LNG arrived in Cambodia. This event marks two first: Cambodia’s first gas imports and China’s...
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18 March 2020 Yanyu He, Ph.D Darryl Rogers
Oil prices have plummeted, tearing down the historical price relationships in the energy and chemical markets, including NGLs.
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18 March 2020 Robert Chambers
An overview of how the oil price collapse has impacted APAC’s upstream financial investment decisions.
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18 March 2020 Dr. Alan Bullion
Gene-editing (also known as genome-editing or genome-engineering) is a set of novel techniques that are used for manipulating the genome of an...
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17 March 2020 Karl Melkonyan
Due to technology advances and cost improvements, solar PV is one of the most dynamic industries of our time.
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16 March 2020
Adam Speck - IEG Vantage's Senior Hogs and Pork Analysts - discusses the key issues impacting market fundamentals and the long-term market outlook....
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13 March 2020 Sylvain Cognet-Dauphin Coralie Laurencin
The greening of Europe’s fuel mix will continue, driving prices lower when renewable availability is high.
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11 March 2020 Eduard Sala de Vedruna Anna Shpitsberg
S&P Global estimates that there will be 290 gigawatts (GW) of net power capacity added in 2020, globally, 5% more than in 2019.
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09 March 2020 Patrick Luckow Mark Griffith
The decarbonization of electric power.
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06 March 2020 Kurt Barrow Bob Fryklund
Watch video as our S&P Global energy experts discuss global energy transition and its impact on crude oil supply and refining markets.
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06 March 2020 Daniel Evans
Sustainable aviation fuels - the aviation industry's answer for decarbonization
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05 March 2020 Alan Bullion
There is little doubt that the market for biocontrol products in agriculture has increased dramatically over the last few years and will continue...
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05 March 2020 Michael Stoppard
An extraordinary counter-cyclical build is under way in the world’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry.
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05 March 2020 Xizhou Zhou
The expected impact of the coronavirus on the China power and renewables sector
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04 March 2020 Keith King Jerry Kepes
Research experts Keith King and Jerry Kepes join Upstream in Perspective to share insights on the conventional exploration trends in the era...
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04 March 2020 IHS Markit Chemical Expert
Personal care applications represent 14% of the total volume consumption of surfactants but will experience higher than average global growth...
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04 March 2020
Adjuvants and additives are routinely used by farmers and growers worldwide to improve biological performance and effective use of crop protection...
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03 March 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert
An outline of the global demand for replacing PV inverters.
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02 March 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert
An overview of the wind turbine ordering activity between mainland China and the United States in 2019.
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01 March 2020
Chief Agricultural Economist, Paul Hughes, runs through what IEG Vantage’s projections are ahead of this WASDE report publishing next week, talking...
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28 February 2020
ASF is currently the most important threat to the pig industry worldwide. At present, there is no effective vaccine or treatment for ASF, and...
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24 February 2020 Darren Stobbart
AgriFutura is a monthly report published by Phillips McDougall, providing topical insight and analysis of trends impacting the crop protection...
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24 February 2020 Pritesh Patel Kate Ashcroft Jeff Otten Jeff Nitto Anuj Kadakia
An overview of the novel coronavirus impact on the Upstream Capital Cost Index and Upstream Operating Cost Index.
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20 February 2020 Jim Burkhard Bhushan Bahree Aaron Brady
The stunning rise of US oil production growth has been the most important catalyst in this newest cycle of surplus, but how much longer will...
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20 February 2020 Jenny Yang
An overview of how the coronavirus outbreak has impacted the LNG industry.
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19 February 2020 Xizhou Zhou
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has led to a slowdown of economic activities in China.
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19 February 2020 Andrei Utkin
On 31 December 2019, the first of the three floating platforms of the 25 MW WindFloat Atlantic project, developed by the consortium led by EDP...
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18 February 2020 Xiao Lu
An overview of gas-fired power development in China
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18 February 2020
Fertecon already routinely tracks developments in the feed phosphate market, and against the backdrop of the global debate on climate change...
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17 February 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert
PennEast Pipeline is filing an amendment with FERC to construct the project in two phases.
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17 February 2020
The outbreak of novel coronavirus in China is having a critical impact across the markets, affecting the movement of both fertilizers and raw...
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14 February 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In rejecting rehearing requests about the Rio Grande LNG project and related Rio Bravo Pipeline at its January 23 meeting, FERC raised new issues...
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14 February 2020
In our latest podcast Animal Pharm editor Joseph Harvey discusses key insights from his latest report, Animal Pharm Top 60.
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13 February 2020 Joseph Harvey
Animal Health analyst Joseph Harvey recently travelled to the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO’s) headquarters in Rome, where he got...
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13 February 2020
On November 6, 2018, California voters approved a ballot proposition requiring all eggs sold in the state originate from cage-free layers by...
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13 February 2020 Kevin Birn Cathy Crawford
Understand how emission intensity can evolve over the life of an oil- or gas-producing asset and why it matters
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13 February 2020
Brazil is a major driver of global soybean supply but what production growth is expected this year and what impact has this had on other crop...
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13 February 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert
An overview of the upstream activity recovery in 2020.
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12 February 2020 Siddhartha Sen Keith King Jerry Kepes
Overall, the industry remains more challenged than ever. Has the global competitive landscape in E&P really changed, or is it the...
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12 February 2020
African Swine Fever (ASF) is currently the most important threat to the pig industry worldwide. ASF is a highly contagious viral disease of domestic...
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11 February 2020 Rob Smith
Trade disputes and geopolitical volatility continue to lurk, and it seems increasingly likely that the 2020s will represent an inflection point...
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11 February 2020
This report offers an in-depth review of ruminant production, assessing its direction of travel and highlighting key innovations, growth markets...
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10 February 2020
The best and most comprehensive overview of the agri-industrial sectors covered by IEG Vu. Once again, we are making our own forecasts for individual...
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10 February 2020
There were hints that the expansion phase of this most recent cattle cycle was ending. Into the beginning of 2019, the US cattle herd had grown...
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10 February 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert
An overview of China’s plan to launch the world’s largest carbon market.
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10 February 2020 Jenny Yang
An overview of the recent policies issued by the Chinese government to accelerate the development of hydrogen as an energy carrier.
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10 February 2020
Gene-editing (also known as genome-editing or genome-engineering) is a set of novel techniques that are used for manipulating the genome of an...
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07 February 2020 Catherine Robinson
Interest in hydrogen has soared in every region of the world and in all sectors of the economy.
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07 February 2020 Chris DeLucia Carolyn Seto
Oil and gas companies were involved in a record-high number of low-carbon transactions in 2019. Read the overview.
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07 February 2020
Phosphorus is an essential element for the biological development of both plants and animals.
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06 February 2020 Jim Day
Raising serious concerns about the safety of battery storage, investigators into the alarming spate of lithium-ion battery fires in South Korea...
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05 February 2020 Xiaonan Feng
In just little over two months’ time, a SARS-like novel coronavirus has quickly escalated into what is described by many as an unprecedented...
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03 February 2020
Pure fruit juice consumption is falling in the major markets. Growth elsewhere has not compensated for this.
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03 February 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The increase of discussions around ESG, climate risk and funding energy projects is not reflective of what's happening in the energy business....
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03 February 2020 Cormac Gilligan
After years of weak solar demand growth in Europe, installations are forecasted to reach a new record.
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01 February 2020 Neil Murray
As January closed, there was little change in the global fruit juice market and global trading. The whole industry is in a sort of stasis, immobile...
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01 February 2020
There is little doubt that the market for biocontrol products in agriculture has increased dramatically over the last few years and will continue...
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31 January 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert Ankita Chauhan
An overview of India's onshore wind supply chain
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30 January 2020 Jeff Beattie
At least five large states raised the prospect of pulling out from PJM Interconnection or the grid operator’s capacity markets as a result of...
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28 January 2020 Hedi Grati
The transition to low-sulfur bunkering has started - what's next?
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28 January 2020
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline project suffered another legal blow as on January 7 the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the air...
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27 January 2020 Jonathan Shoham Dr. Edward Oliver
Phillips McDougall’s consultancy team recently partnered with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), to provide...
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27 January 2020 Ankita Vijay
Interest in developing small-scale LNG technology across North America is growing.
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27 January 2020 Judson Jacobs Carolyn Seto
As the oil and gas industry transitions to a low-carbon future, companies are seeking to position themselves to succeed in this new and uncertain...
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27 January 2020 Dr. Alan Bullion
The United Nations, as part of its sustainable development goals, has placed a spotlight on the livestock industry, not least the conflict between...
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24 January 2020 Stephanie Rivera Nicholas Blanco Ha Nguyen
In an environment of oil supply glut, a new player entered the scene
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23 January 2020
DOE has published its responses to its report, “Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas from the United States...
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21 January 2020 Paul Markwell
How is the energy transition impacting upstream oil and gas companies? We explore.
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21 January 2020
Duke Energy Progress LLC told the North Carolina Utilities Commission in a January 8 update that it is making progress with start-up of new gas-fired...
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20 January 2020 Kevin Birn Cathy Crawford
This Insight provides some context into the variation of emission sources that can arise from crude oil extraction
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17 January 2020
Genetic advantage, healthy microbiomes and improved vaccines are the key pillars of the DNA revoltion at the heart of maximising productivity...
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17 January 2020
In this Animal Pharm report, we chart the evolution of healthcare in intensive aquaculture from its inception to the present day and give our...
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13 January 2020
The coronavirus epidemic in China is making global headlines, and there is huge uncertainty about what the potential scale of the crisis could...
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10 January 2020 Yanyu He, Ph.D
On the demand side, India is arguably the second most important market after China, in terms of driving LPG demand growth
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10 January 2020
Production has far less of an impact on human-grade food production than its critics make out, with almost 90% of feed for beef production made...
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09 January 2020 Coralie Laurencin Alun Davies
Winds of change blew across Europe’s gas and power markets in 2019.
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08 January 2020 Allen Wang
Southeast Asian economies have grown on average by 4% to 7% per annum since the start of the decade.
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07 January 2020 Laura Sima
Recent research shows that the E&P sector is experiencing a ‘crisis of perception.’ What does this mean for investors in the...
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06 January 2020 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In a move seen as protecting existing power plants that have trouble competing in the PJM Interconnection market, FERC on December 19 directed...
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03 January 2020
New Study by Global Energy Institute Puts Impact of Fracking Ban at $7.1 Trillion Over Four Years
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30 December 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Financially, 2019 was a difficult year for the pumping suppliers and unfortunately, the fourth quarter did not allow them to end on a high note....
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27 December 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Our experts take a walk down memory lane with us as we explore their 2019 expectations for upstream oil and gas markets.
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23 December 2019 Rebekah Bostan Ismini Katsimpardi
The future of the Equatorial Guinean (EG) LNG facility on Bioko Island seemed in doubt over 2018, however into 2019 there has been a reversal...
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20 December 2019 Raoul LeBlanc
North American shale is expected to hit an inflection point in 2020.
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20 December 2019 Robert Chambers IHS Markit Energy Expert Hong Shien Lee
The future of oil and gas in Indonesia: the potential to transform resources into production, including understanding the key basins to focus...
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19 December 2019 Mrs. Silvia Rey Gomez
An overview of interpreting production data using rate transient analysis
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18 December 2019 Kevin Birn Cathy Crawford
Interest in understanding GHG emissions that result from the extraction, through to end-use of crude oil has been increasing.
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17 December 2019 Timothy Stephure Etienne Gabel David Crisostomo
On 20-22 November in Monterrey, Mexico, S&P Global team members Etienne Gabel, Tim Stephure and David Crisostomo delivered the training "Gas...
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13 December 2019
The Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) announced on December 3 that it supports a national carbon pricing policy, becoming what it believes...
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12 December 2019 IHS Markit Expert
ERCOT has released its December CDR Report, which includes planning reserve margins for the next five years.
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11 December 2019 Brandon Savisky
S&P Global recently published the results of our latest survey of the proppant industry.
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10 December 2019 Jenny Yang
On 21 November 2019, S&P Global delivered the second workshop for the “Hydrogen the Enabler: Meeting China’s Energy Challenge?” multi-client...
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05 December 2019 Camron Barati
An overview of global ground-mounted PV installations.
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02 December 2019 Jenny Yang Anna Galtsova
Five and a half years after signing the sales and purchase contract, first gas from the Power of Siberia pipeline project has finally been delivered...
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27 November 2019 Steven Knell, Ph.D.
Over the course of the past five years, the use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics and targets has moved in from the periphery...
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26 November 2019 Cinnamon Edralin, BA
An overview of floating drilling rigs
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22 November 2019 Vinod Raghothamarao
Like any other major industry, the oil and gas (O&G) sector is embracing initiatives to help ease its way through the rapid digital transformation...
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21 November 2019 Yelena Shliomenzon
An overview of arbitration clauses in hydrocarbon contracts.
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20 November 2019
The next phase of the energy transition requires rapid reductions in GHG emissions across the economy—residential heat, transport and industry....
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19 November 2019 Isaac Nuti
On the 27th of August, BP plc (BP) announced the sale of its upstream and midstream oil and gas assets in Alaska.
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18 November 2019
This month our analysts review some of the drivers behind the fluctuations in fertilizer market trade flows.
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18 November 2019 Damian Kennaby
As US-China relations dominate geopolitical news, industry attention turns towards the impending IMO specification changes. But further ahead...
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15 November 2019 Patrick Luckow
In October 2019, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf issued an executive order directing the state’s Department of Environmental Protection to join...
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14 November 2019 Stephanie Rivera Nicholas Blanco Ha Nguyen
Argentina’s current environment begs the question: how will the development of Vaca Muerta be affected?
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13 November 2019
Ethylene demand to GDP elasticity is being diluted by the influence of the technology and services sector and the lower impact of manufacturing....
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13 November 2019
FERC staff’s “2019-2020 Winter Energy Market Assessment” was presented at the Commission’s open meeting on October 17, and it came to the same...
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12 November 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
With natural gas production at or near record highs and flaring continuing to be far above the state’s limit of 12%, the North Dakota Industrial...
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11 November 2019 Niamh McGovern
Offshore Ireland has over 30 years of exploration history. The last licensing round held in 2015 saw a significant increase in the interest of...
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08 November 2019 Edurne Zoco, Ph.D.
On October 29th, the China National Energy Administration (NEA) released cumulative connection data for the first nine months of 2019 of 15.99...
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08 November 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
India is the fastest growing major economy besides China and will be the prime contributor to the Asian fuel demand growth
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07 November 2019 Zhi Xin Chong Vince Heo Vidur Singhal Tianshi Huang Kaori Tachibana
As with many natural gas markets around the world, Asian gas markets typically developed as natural monopolies, built around national or private...
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06 November 2019 Coralie Laurencin
Interest in renewable power projects in Spain is booming: S&P Global expects that 2 GW of onshore wind and 4 GW of solar capacity will have been...
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06 November 2019
If the trade war came to an end and the export market reopened, Chinese demand for US ethanol could increase and help to re-balance US supply-demand...
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06 November 2019 Nick Sharma Kunfeng Zhu
China aims to secure its energy supply by producing more domestic oil and gas
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06 November 2019 William Plampton Robert Chambers Frances Hulbert
The Roebuck Basin, located on Australia’s front line of hydrocarbon exploration and development, is a province turning a lot of heads.
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04 November 2019 Paola Perez Pena David Vaucher
The resource abundance in the US of the past decade came from the relentless drive to perfect the application of horizontal drilling and hydraulic...
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31 October 2019 Carlos Cardenas Etienne Gabel
Venezuela, which suffered massive blackouts in March of this year, continues to be affected by recurrent and significant power outages.
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29 October 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Offshore wind is seen by many as an emerging low-carbon opportunity, where oil and gas firms can leverage competitive advantages of their already...
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29 October 2019
Chemical asset capacity forecasts for Paraxylene, Methanol, Oxo-Alcohols, Polypropylene and Ethylene
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25 October 2019 Stefan Schlag Leon Beraud Adam Gao
The importance of Rare Earth Elements for key industries and the dominance of China in their global supply puts REEs at the center of power...
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25 October 2019
Exploration and appraisal drilling during 2019 has seen quarter on quarter increases; in Q3 (July – September) there were around 37 new conventional...
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24 October 2019 David Masson
What are the key distinctions to look out for if you are seeking to implement a stringent oil and gas benchmarking program?
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22 October 2019
India has the market size and demand flexibility to help balance the global butane market, stabilizing the propane and butane price relationship...
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08 October 2019 Jonathan Pegg
Congress did give the agency a nudge with new funding for research and a call for the agency to develop an enforcement discretion policy, but...
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08 October 2019
At the end of October, the European Commission published the draft rules to extend the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the 2014-2020...
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08 October 2019
The great prize – Surplus Transfer of Rights in the presalt Santos basin
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07 October 2019 Patrick Luckow Lin Deng
Discover how New York plans to reach their goal to be 100% carbon-free by 2040.
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27 September 2019 Thomas Maslin Max Cohen Emma Xie He Anna Shpitsberg
Discover what’s fuelling US corporate renewable procurement.
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27 September 2019
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Board of Commission on September 10 voted to approve power purchase agreements for the...
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25 September 2019 Rodrigo Fiatikoski Nick Thomson Jim Thomas, Ph.D. Alex Hicks
Brazil will soon start promoting and licensing acreage on its extended continental shelf (ECS) for the first time
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25 September 2019
With several LNG projects coming online recently or soon to come online, it’s not surprising that some of the recent key pipeline completions...
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20 September 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Amid concerns of credibility, cash flows and carbon, investors are shying away from the oil and gas industry. What's behind investor apathy?...
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20 September 2019 Aida Jebens
The global specialty chemicals industry stood at almost $600 billion in 2018.
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19 September 2019
Record production of US natural gas will drive the 2020 Henry Hub average price to a level not seen since the 1970s (in real dollars), according...
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18 September 2019 Sarah McLean Justin Smith
The global offshore rig market is set to continue its tentative recovery for the foreseeable future.
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11 September 2019
Electric fracturing enables operators to leverage previously wasted natural gas to power their hydraulic fracturing equipment. And, it provides...
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06 September 2019 Ha Nguyen
Mexico’s leader launches a wildly ambitious energy plan, but the hard reality falls short for current crude production and refinery utilization...
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30 August 2019 Ankita Chauhan
Renewable auction prices in India for both solar and wind have trended significantly downward in the past few years. Are these aggressive bids...
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28 August 2019 Sam Huntington
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are rapidly gaining market share in power grids around the world.
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27 August 2019
In first half 2019, S&P Global recorded nearly 30 GW of publicly announced wind turbine contracts globally, up by 67% compared to the previous...
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26 August 2019 Richard Sanchez
Like most of the world West Africa has been suffering through a deep recession in offshore exploration and development since the fourth quarter...
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22 August 2019 Nik Haziq Nik Alwi
Why are the Asia-Pacific day rates stabilising?
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20 August 2019 Divya Ramaswamy, MSc, BSc Molley Sheriff, MJEL, MSc
Read the effects Argentina’s subsides have had on the country’s unconventional gas.
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16 August 2019 Joo Yeow Lee
Since 2010, Vietnam has struggled to meet its rapidly growing peak demand, which has grown at approximately 10% per year.
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15 August 2019
Specialty Fibers is a fast-developing business driven by the increasing attention on environmental protection and civil/military security.
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12 August 2019
Has there been any change in the supply pattern of polyester and nylon fibers to the UK from EU countries and non-EU countries?
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08 August 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global recently estimated the US oilfield water management market to now be valued somewhere around $37.5 billion. That represents a 12%...
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08 August 2019 IHS Markit Chemical Expert
A case study on identifying European M&A targets in specialty chemicals
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02 August 2019 Andrei Utkin
In 2018 more than 4 GW of offshore wind capacity was added globally to surpass 22 GW of installed capacity with northern Europe and mainland...
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01 August 2019 Molley Sheriff, MJEL, MSc Isaac Nuti Cinnamon Edralin, BA
An overview of the 7 exploration projects off Canada’s east coast.
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31 July 2019 Richard Sanchez
Where is the recovery in offshore drilling activity? The bulls will tell you it’s just around the corner, but it has so far failed to materialize...
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30 July 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global currently forecasts nearly $7 billion in average annual spending in the low-carbon sector among this peer group between 2019 and 2021....
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29 July 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
More than 51 GW of new wind capacity was installed all over the globe in 2018.
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26 July 2019 Adrian Heafford
Gain insight into the impact of escaping gas.
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25 July 2019 Carolyn Seto, Ph.D.
Technology and innovation trends are helping shape the upstream sector, including the shift toward open innovation models, which include corporate...
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25 July 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The Majors were key participants in the early periods of Permian history but over time became a small part of the tight oil revolution. That...
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24 July 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The closure of the largest refinery on the US east coast yields opportunity for Atlantic Basin refiners, but risks shortages of diesel and RFO...
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23 July 2019 Amanda Nelson
The rise of electric vehicles and their projected impact on demand for fuels has been sufficient to cause concern in the oil and gas industry...
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23 July 2019 Ford Tanner
Venezuela’s political crisis remains in stalemate.
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22 July 2019 Ha Nguyen
Production is declining at Brazil’s aging postsalt fields, but Brazil sees great potential in its presalt fields.
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19 July 2019 Siddhartha Sen
Argentina’s Vaca Muerta formation is viewed as Latin America’s most promising area for the development of unconventional oil and gas resources....
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18 July 2019 Jenny Yang
An overview of China’s current hydrogen market development
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17 July 2019 Teo Yun Yun
Gain insight into Southeast Asia’s current Jackup Rig market update.
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16 July 2019 Vidur Singhal
With the reappointment of the previous government during 2019 general elections, the target of a 15% gas share in the energy mix remains a top...
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16 July 2019 Roderick Bruce
Senegal’s new Petroleum Code and Local Content Law significantly raise tax take and increase regulatory burden, eroding the country’s upstream...
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15 July 2019
Cambodia’s power plan has come a long way in the past decade. It’s power market has been growing rapidly, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down...
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12 July 2019 Premasish Das Kurt Barrow
Global energy markets are embarking on a transition to lower carbon sources. The pace of this change is uncertain, but the direction is set and...
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12 July 2019 Michael Dyer
In 2018, Brazil and Mexico held presidential elections and the results are complete opposites of the former political system ideologies. Brazil...
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11 July 2019 Kevin Birn Cathy Crawford
The need to understand not only emissions, but also how the value chain interacts chemically and economically to ultimately meet consumers’ needs....
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10 July 2019 Darryl Rogers
With the rise in US natural gas and oil production US ethane availability has increased significantly.
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10 July 2019 Deeksha Wason
India’s UDAY scheme failed to deliver promised relief. What happened?
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09 July 2019 Cynthia Poynter
The integrated energy markets of the Southern Cone have shared a common roller coaster ride for gas supply availability and sourcing
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09 July 2019 Robert Labrum
How can we be sure the data we’re provided with is reliable?
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08 July 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
China’s contribution in the global economic growth has been unparalleled, with its economic rise mirroring an exponential demand growth for oil...
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04 July 2019 Isaac Nuti
Since the oil price collapse in late 2014, the U.S. deepwater Gulf of Mexico (DWGOM) has been in flux. The region has seen a series of mergers...
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04 July 2019 Robert Labrum
Where can we obtain formation pressure data from in the absence of wireline?
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02 July 2019 Brandon Savisky
A lingering state of oversupply in the first half of 2019 led proppant and sand suppliers to adapt an attitude of “survival of the fittest” when...
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01 July 2019 Tiziana Luzzi
As in many other parts of the world, oil and gas exploration in Latin America saw a dramatic decrease in the middle of the decade.
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28 June 2019 Darryl Rogers
Understand market factors affecting the US propane price
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28 June 2019 Robert Labrum
Over reliance on summary data from comp logs and final reports can lead to significant errors. Find out why…
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27 June 2019 Lisa McConnell
The floating rig market in the US Gulf has been relatively flat since the beginning of the year, but there was a slight improvement in May.
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25 June 2019
Two-train polyethylene (PE) plant to be built near Corpus Christi
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20 June 2019 Lyn Tattum
Plastics as a material, and plastics waste as a resource, are undervalued by society
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18 June 2019 Emanuel Ozuna Vargas
Compared to the first quarter in 2019, S&P Global estimates that for the second quarter, hydraulic fracturing demand in the US has increased....
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17 June 2019 Paola Perez Pena
S&P Global estimates the US oilfield water management to be valued at around $37 billion in 2019, representing a 12% year-on-year (y/y) market...
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13 June 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
How has data and research moved the energy industry forward? We explore.
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13 June 2019 Bala Suresh
Watch Bala Suresh, Director, discuss his assessment of the growth of the fertilizer industry.
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12 June 2019 Jenny Yang
Midstream infrastructure network has long been a key bottleneck in China’s natural gas market development. Physically, the transmission length...
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11 June 2019 Bala Suresh
Watch Bala Suresh, Director, discuss his assessment of the current conditions in the hydrogen market.
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10 June 2019
In May 2018, the Angolan government published a decree with new incentives for the development of marginal fields. In April 2019 a list of potentially...
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10 June 2019 Lyn Tattum
A look at how 2019 has been shaping up so far for some of the leading companies,specifically BASF and LyondellBasell
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06 June 2019
Agreements include Sinopec’s possible participation in Sibur’s previously announced mega Amur gas chemicals complex (AGCC) in Russia’s Far East...
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05 June 2019 Kevin Birn
There is upside growth potential in the coming decade for the Canadian oil sands, however the drivers of this growth will be fundamentally different...
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05 June 2019
Company confirms in statement
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04 June 2019
Seven new deepwater prospects have been drilled so far this year in the US Gulf of Mexico, and those 7 prospects were drilled by five operators....
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03 June 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Important exploration potential continues to prevail in Mexico, and despite opportunities slowing down, the region will continue to be attractive...
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31 May 2019
What caused the US crude oil production to have an unprecedented growth?
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30 May 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The MSGBC, or Senegal, Basin off the coasts of Senegal and Mauritania in western Africa is one of the most exciting areas of frontier exploration...
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28 May 2019
Grid-sited procurements are driving storage growth and enhancing grid operations
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23 May 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The business of exploration is facing its most serious challenge; the competition for capital
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21 May 2019
Watch a 5 minute update on the role of naphtha markets today and if it will ever reach the level of its past.
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21 May 2019 Marifaith Hackett, Ph.D.
Watch Liliana Viciu discuss the growth outlook for the flavors and fragrances market.
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20 May 2019
A look into Crude-Oil-to-Chemicals and how it will change the global competitive dynamics in years to come
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16 May 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global closely tracks wind turbine orders globally. Which continent had the most orders in 2018?
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15 May 2019 Oscar Abbink, Ph.D. Judson Jacobs Carolyn Seto, Ph.D.
Is digitalization delivering the outcomes we’re expecting?
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14 May 2019 Vivien Yang Masahiro Yoneyama
The slowdown of the Chinese economy will affect the specialty chemical market not only in China, but also in Asian countries that trade large...
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14 May 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Recently, the Powder River Basin activity has been imitating the rebirth of the Permian Basin. Operators have started to turn their attention...
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13 May 2019 IHS Markit Chemical Expert
BASF has 67% ownership of the resulting Wintershall DEA joint venture
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13 May 2019 Ha Nguyen
The path to self destruction: Recap of Venezuela’s Struggle Infographic
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10 May 2019 Adriana Hernandez
The EUR is one of the most important attributes calculated in unconventional wells. So, what steps are taken to correctly calculate the EUR?...
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08 May 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
With oil prices down and CAPEX cut backs, how will the US system react and what areas will survive?
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07 May 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Brazil, Mexico, and Guyana represent critical E&P hotspots within Latin America. However, Brazil and Mexico appear to be embarking on divergent...
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06 May 2019 Sergey Myakishev
With the Gas Directive amendment being adopted in mid-April, the project most threatened is Nord Stream 2. Find out why
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03 May 2019 Jenny Yang
Many non-NOCs have emerged as China’s new independent importers of LNG. What level of success will they achieve?
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01 May 2019 Darryl Rogers Cynthia Poynter
Life after the surge
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25 April 2019 Mark Jelinek Justin Pettit
Asia has several large, oil-producing basins – from the Daqing Oil Field to the Malay Basin – but many are aging and in decline.
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25 April 2019
Aramco expects the deal to close in 2020
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24 April 2019 Spencer Welch
What we know of the most disruptive impact on oil markets from a planned event
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17 April 2019 Reed Olmstead Lauren Droege Imre Kugler Chris DeLucia
Deal would be the largest upstream transaction since 2015, and fourth-largest upstream corporate transaction on record
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16 April 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The Permian and Appalachia, respectively, are widely recognized as the two lowest-cost US onshore oil and gas basins. One might expect similarities...
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15 April 2019 Mike Nash
China's methanol demand has become increasingly difficult to forecast
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10 April 2019 Sergey Myakishev
An overview of the 2018 LNG market trends.
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08 April 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Southeast Asia coal-fired power expected to decelerate long-term
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04 April 2019 Jim Burkhard Bhushan Bahree Aaron Brady
The United States, Russia and Saudi Arabia, are the oil superpowers supplanting OPEC in a new world order
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03 April 2019 Raul Timponi Anna Shpitsberg
The year 2018 proved to be a difficult year for South Africa’s power sector, with the state-owned utility, Eskom, facing steep increases in debt...
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03 April 2019 IHS Markit Chemical Expert
The project will generate annual earnings of $700 million/year based on 2017 feedstock and margin economics
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01 April 2019 Emanuel Ozuna Vargas
The low demand and ample supply should keep utilization rates in the low 60% range in the near future.
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01 April 2019 Marifaith Hackett, Ph.D.
The challenge of creating appealing tastes and aromas while addressing consumer demand for greater ingredient transparency.
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01 April 2019 Yanyu He, Ph.D Veeral Mehta Bill Rawlusyk
NGL quarterly update: Focus on North American supply – April 2019
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29 March 2019 James Isaacs Clare Barker-White, Ph.D.
A short geological overview of the Mumbai Basin and a look at its future potential to support India's ongoing plans to reduce its reliance on...
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28 March 2019 Raoul LeBlanc
Will the Permian continue its meteoric ascent and dominate global markets?
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27 March 2019 Howard Ewan
2018 proved a historic year for the oil and gas industry in New Zealand.
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26 March 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
US proppant market fundamentals have remained stable with some unexpected volatility and depression, yet market balance and stability are improving....
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20 March 2019 Adriana Hernandez
How can gas lifted wells be evaluated in an easy and quickly manner?
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20 March 2019 Mark Eramo
Following an extended period of strong profitability, the chemical industry anticipates a downturn, as economic headwinds threaten slower demand...
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19 March 2019 Jenny Caddick
Petroleum Development Oman is well known for its advancements in Enhanced Oil Recovery technology and it has successfully implemented pilots...
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12 March 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Not at CERAWeek 2019? We recap the first two days for you in 30 seconds with the top Tweets from the show.
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11 March 2019 Spencer Welch
Top 3 revelations from the multi-client study on marine bunker fuel in a low sulfur, low carbon world
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06 March 2019 IHS Markit Chemical Expert
The news comes weeks after Ineos announced a major investment in petrochemicals, including a new steam cracker, at Antwerp.
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04 March 2019 Kunfeng Zhu
There is a wide range of views regarding the world energy outlook, with several major points of uncertainty, including growth in renewables and...
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01 March 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Technology’s impact on improving energy efficiency includes materials and resource,
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27 February 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
On 19 February 2019, Repsol announced a gas discovery in the Sakakemang production sharing contract, located within the South Sumatra Basin...
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26 February 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Structural oil pricing volatility in the age of shale and implications for US production and detailed assessment of the global fundamentals and...
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25 February 2019 Yelena Shliomenzon Jim Thomas, Ph.D.
Legislation revisions and updates to the petroleum industry adopt stricter requirements and making regulatory compliance a moving target.
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25 February 2019 Adam Stephen Bland, MBA
An increasingly discerning consumer base will drive the market towards a more diverse and sustainable product mix.
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22 February 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Upstream M&A activity has seemed to focus on the Permian Basin over the past 18 months as operators sought entry and/or consolidation opportunities...
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21 February 2019 Bill Rawlusyk
Several new events are set to have some implications on propane, butane, and condensate in 201
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21 February 2019 Amanda Nelson
Solar farms traditionally evoke images of vast plains of reflective PV panels, spread over otherwise spartan terrain, or more compact installations...
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21 February 2019
S&P Global will discuss the regional propane supply and demand fundamentals and how demand markets in Asia, Europe, and Latin America are adapting....
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21 February 2019 Spencer Welch Premasish Das
IMO impact on Middle East and Asia – are you prepared? – December 2018
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20 February 2019 Basel Asmar, Ph.D.
The Upstream Innovation Index dropped by 15.7% from 2014 to 2018 and forecasts on cost reductions because of innovation could translate to an...
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20 February 2019 Rob Smith
Find out key questions that will steer downstream petroleum market analysis in 2019
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20 February 2019
Ethane – What went Wrong? Delaying the U.S. advantage – October 2018
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18 February 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The world is entering 2019 navigating a host of financial, economic and political fault lines, the deepening of any of which could severely impact...
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Operators cautious spending plans will slow down activity in North America the first quarter of 2019
14 February 2019 Paola Perez Pena
Operators cautious spending plans will slow down activity in North America the first quarter of 2019.
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12 February 2019 Sergey Myakishev
The controversy surrounding last year’s re-election of Nicolas Maduro as president of Venezuela came to a head in recent weeks, with continued...
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11 February 2019 Joo Yeow Lee
On 29 January 2019, the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade issued the draft policy to extend the solar feed-in-tariff eligibility until 30...
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08 February 2019 Camilo Rodriguez
Geoscientists are expected to provide an interpretation and reliable prediction to inform confident decision making. The workflow that leads...
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07 February 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In the last installment of our three-part series on conventional opportunities in an unconventional world, Mark Savery, Executive Director Upstream...
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05 February 2019 Ankita Chauhan
The offshore wind announcements in India have been gathering pace in recent months. The most pertinent of these announcements was in June 2018...
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01 February 2019 Amanda Nelson
The deadly pipeline explosion in the Hidalgo state town of Tlahuelilpan has drawn attention to the chronic fuel shortages faced by consumers...
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