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30 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In part two a three-part series on conventional opportunities in an unconventional world, Mark Savery, Executive Director Upstream Product Management...
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30 January 2019 IHS Markit Chemical Expert
One of the largest ever refinery transactions
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29 January 2019 Stanislas Drochon Giacomo Boati
Sub-Saharan Africa has generated intense interest since the turn of the millennium as investors and governments increasingly focus on the region’s...
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28 January 2019 Dongjie Zhang
Like many other countries, nuclear power development in China took a pause after the Fukushima accident. The government stopped new project approvals...
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28 January 2019 IHS Markit Chemical Expert
Plan to o develop biofuels from cellulosic sugars
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25 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Oil and gas operators showed renewed confidence in 2018 as prices rose through September. But, did plunging oil prices in Q4 derail investment...
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22 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In this first of a three-part series on conventional opportunities in an unconventional world, Mark Savery, Executive Director Upstream Product...
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15 January 2019 Carlos Pascual
Four dynamics have changed in our global politics.
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14 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The European power market looks set for a good year in 2019—the fundamentals have turned a corner and investor interest is strong.
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10 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Russ Fontaine, Principal Researcher for North America Unconventionals shares the current state of the Powder River Basin and how operators are...
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09 January 2019 David Vaucher
S&P Global’s Onshore Services & Materials team recently released its PumpingIQ report for the fourth quarter of 2018. The report estimates 2018-Q4...
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08 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global experts discuss the development and application of new technology in the energy industry.
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07 January 2019 Spencer Welch
In just 12 months, the global bunker fuel specific reduces from maximum 3.5% sulfur to maximum of 0.5% and neither the refining nor shipping...
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07 January 2019 IHS Markit Expert
Ineos now has alkoxylation capacity at three European sites
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04 January 2019 David Vaucher
Exploring the relationship between proppant supply and sand sourcing strategy.
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02 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The industry was marked the US claiming the title of world’s top oil producer, in part to the boom we continue to see in the Permian. But, Q4...
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02 January 2019 IHS Markit Expert
India CERAWeek: Atul Arya chairs the conversation of India’s energy market
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02 January 2019 IHS Markit Energy Expert
India Energy Forum by CERAWeek: Atul Arya chairs the conversation of what’s ahead for energy markets.
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27 December 2018 Debnil Chowdhury
US NGL supply is expected to experience significant growth, how does Asia plan to absorb this increase in production?
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21 December 2018 Dr. Russell Roundtree
Artificial Intelligence (AI) within oil and gas.
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20 December 2018 Keefer Douglas
Since exporting its first waterborne ethane cargo in 2016, the United States has seen steady growth in China.
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18 December 2018 David Vaucher
S&P Global’s Onshore Services & Materials team recently released our WaterIQ report for the second half of 2018.
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17 December 2018 Sarah Haggas
Sarah Haggas, Regional Director, gives an update on the Middle East E&P market.
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12 December 2018 IHS Markit Chemical Expert
Company now expects a "considerable decrease" in earnings for 2018 based on results for November
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11 December 2018 IHS Markit Chemical Expert
New project details
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10 December 2018 Prasun Chaudhury
Infrastructure developments to watch in 2019 and beyond for the Permian Basin
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30 November 2018 Kareemah Mohamed
Description: The Gulf of Mexico is one of the most explored deepwater basins in the world that sees reduced investment and activity. Deepwater...
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28 November 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Upstream spending in the Middle East looks like it will continue to grow in the coming years.
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28 November 2018 Jim Burkhard
How will changes in the volume of cars built and sold, as well as trends in miles traveled, impact the materials used by the automotive industry?...
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27 November 2018
The lithium market will experience 19% consumption growth per year for the next five years. What is the main driver of growth?
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27 November 2018 Jim Burkhard Bhushan Bahree Aaron Brady
The Rule of 3: Global oil market outlook – September 2018
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20 November 2018 Marifaith Hackett, Ph.D.
Do bioplastics offer a solution to the highly visible problem of ocean plastic waste?
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Upstream oil & gas industry outlook: Innovating for performance, but competition for capital remains
19 November 2018 Paul Markwell
What a difference a year makes; since the India Energy Forum by CERAWeek in 2017, we have seen a 50% increase in oil price, and that's good news....
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16 November 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Beyond the initial cost and economics, one of the key challenges to deepwater success is the long time it can take to reach Final Investment...
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15 November 2018 Michael Stoppard
This is an excerpt from Michael Stoppard’s India CERAWeek presentation.
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08 November 2018 Carolyn Seto
Over the past decade, oil and gas players have increasingly pursued open innovation strategies to complement internal research and development...
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07 November 2018
The fundamental points to take note of regarding the IMO 2020 transition
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06 November 2018 Shan Xue
China’s retail power tariff: Upward and downward pressure coexist
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01 November 2018
Late 2018 oil-price uncertainty may delay any potential deal
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01 November 2018
OPEC and Vienna Alliance Meeting: S&P Global oil market outlook and insights – November 2018
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25 October 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The transition toward a lower-carbon energy world has traditional fossil-fuel based producers re-evaluating their business strategies.
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25 October 2018 Spencer Welch
Initial findings from the S&P Global multi-client study on the impact of the IMO’s 2020 sulfur reduction plan
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03 October 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Initial offshore results are in from key commercial tests offshore Namibia. What does it mean for the Southwest African Coastal Basin?
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02 October 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Wind and solar utility PV costs are expected to consistently decline as technology continues to improve and local project development experience...
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25 September 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
EPA’s proposed replacement for the Clean Power Plan, the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, will require efficiency improvements at coal plants....
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19 September 2018 Blake Eskew
How growing US crude exports are changing global balances
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18 September 2018 Ha Nguyen
What happened in the global oil market?
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18 September 2018
Asset Placement: The Realities and Dynamics of Regional Competitiveness – June 2018
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17 September 2018 Bala Suresh
Industrial uses of Ammonia and its Derivatives – July 2018
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17 September 2018 Mark Eramo Ed Glatzer, B. Ch. E
Fundamentals Behind Chemical Industry Profitability Cycles - What Does the Future Hold - July 2018
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17 September 2018 Ed Glatzer, B. Ch. E Don Bari
Asset Placement: The Realities and Dynamics of Regional Competitiveness – June 2018
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12 September 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The 2014–17 downcycle has taken a toll--especially on some producer governments that continue to struggle with its legacy. Many meaures taken...
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06 September 2018 Denis Poussin
As Looming Production Shutdowns and Second Dip in Operating Rates Challenge Global Methyl Methacrylate Market
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06 September 2018
By 2021, S&P Global estimates Operations and Maintenance expenses for wind assets will cost the industry about $7.5 billion annually
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01 September 2018 Tison Keel
Polyester Industry Overview – September 2018
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31 August 2018 Basel Asmar, Ph.D.
Development costs to rise in immediate term due to short-term cyclical factors
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30 August 2018 Fidel Gonzalez Parra David Crisostomo
Mexico’s power sector continues the transition towards a more open industry, most notably in the generation sector.
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27 August 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Oil and gas operators once strived for breadth, in technologies and geography. But, now compete against each other in narrower competitive bands...
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23 August 2018 Ha Nguyen
Refiners have been stung by declining Venezuelan exports, but importing countries are turning to other suppliers
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22 August 2018 Marifaith Hackett, Ph.D.
As plastic regulations and bans increase, market value for biodegradable polymers exceeds $1 billion and will rise sharply.
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21 August 2018 Spencer Welch
Could the International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s plan to reduce the sulfur content of marine bunker fuel, from 3.5% to 0.5% as of January...
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20 August 2018
Driverless technology, electric vehicles, new mobility services, and public policy are prime disruptive forces to the Energy, Chemical and Automotive...
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16 August 2018 Anusha de Silva
The US natural gas storage inventory deficit that developed last winter has not abated: strong demand from the electric power sector—driven by...
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15 August 2018 Roger Green
Looking ahead as many of the mega-deals now close
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13 August 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Latin America still plays a major role in the global oil market despite recent infrastructure and political challenges.
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10 August 2018
Short-cycle tieback and exploration opportunities supplement existing frontier deepwater portfolio outside of the US
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08 August 2018 Anna Wuchek
Deal count remains sluggish despite increasing spot crude oil prices, as the longer-term crude oil futures curve remains in steep backwardization...
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06 August 2018 R. J. Chang Dewey Johnson
Several COTC projects planned or started in Asia and Saudi Arabia threaten to reshape the global petrochemical industry in the coming years
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03 August 2018 Mark Eramo
Balancing the economic benefits of investment in the chemical value-chain, with having a sustainable approach to the consumption of natural resources...
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31 July 2018
To meet the goals set out at the Paris Climate Conference, Europe will need to go beyond the decarbonisation of power: the challenge lies in...
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27 July 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Decreased drilling in 2017 yielded the lowest discovery rate since the 1950s. But there are still exploration opportunities that can lead to...
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25 July 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert IHS Markit Chemical Expert
What plant configurations and technologies are required for achieving maximum chemical production?
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25 July 2018
By the end of 2017, China had 142 GW of coal-fired captive power plants, about the same size as the entire French power fleet and representing...
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19 July 2018
Three years ago, India’s government announced a 175 GW national renewable target to be achieved by 2022.
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18 July 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
How are suppliers planning for their short and long-term projects in today’s price environment?
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18 July 2018 Steve Lewandowski Sandeep Sayal
Better together? Assessing the value of integrated refinery and petrochemical operations
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17 July 2018 Kevin Birn
Growth in the Canadian oil sands has made Canada the 5th largest producers of crude oil in the world and the largest source of US crude oil imports—exceeding...
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13 July 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
As optimism returns to the oil & gas industry, operators continue to invest in the North Sea. Where does the North Sea fit in the oil & gas scene...
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11 July 2018 Deeksha Wason
The southwest monsoon spans from June to September and contributes to more than 75% of the annual rainfall in India.
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10 July 2018
Despite upstream mergers, acquisitions and divestitures sinking to a 20-year low in 2017, Christopher Sheehan, Director of Transaction Research...
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09 July 2018
The further expansion of crude import quotas to Chinese independent refiners and slowing of Chinese demand growth have tipped Chinese middle...
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05 July 2018 Rob Smith
Downstream Deregulation: A Double-Edged Sword for Latin American Refiners – May 2018
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05 July 2018
Deploying Capital and Technology: Sustainability During Energy Cycles – June 2018
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05 July 2018 Mr. Hedi Grati
IMO 2020 - Interest in Scrubbers Is Growing Steadily, But Still Miles Away From Tipping The Residual Balance – May 2018
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02 July 2018 David Gates Rachel Calvert
The surprising victory by Hope’s Pact (Pakatan Harapan: PH) in Malaysia’s May 2018 general election represents a deepening trend of contested...
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01 July 2018
NGL Quarterly Webinar Series: The effects of new US NGL supply growth on Mont Belvieu pricing – July 2018
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29 June 2018 Raoul LeBlanc
Permian Basin operators’ ability to squeeze more production out of seemingly every well drilled, has made the Midland Wolfcamp section of the...
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29 June 2018 IHS Markit Expert
SHORT-TERM NGL MARKETS INSIGHT: Record strong propane builds
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28 June 2018
Strong US natural gas supply growth—primarily driven by Appalachia, Permian Basin, and Haynesville volumes—will keep pace with end-use demand...
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27 June 2018 Xiao Lu
China experienced a serious gas supply shortage during the 2017–18 winter.
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26 June 2018 IHS Markit Expert
With the global economy growing, demand for dry bulk shipping is steadily increasing. What's in store for the bulk carrier segment for the deep...
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19 June 2018
EDM for Energy – Restore confidence in your data
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15 June 2018 Isabella Ni
Strong policy support and rapid cost decline led to phenomenal distributed solar photovoltaic (DPV) capacity additions in China.
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14 June 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Alaska’s North Slope receives little attention give the focus on North America unconventionals.
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13 June 2018 Jim Burkhard
What happens in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico reverberates through oil markets around the world—even all the way to the region’s...
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12 June 2018 Hassan Eltorie
During the oil boom, E&Ps financed rocketing production growth and sizable cash flow deficits with cheap money during a low interest rate environment....
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08 June 2018
Taiwan's total installed power generation capacity has remained at around 50 GW for the past five years.
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31 May 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The US Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) market was expecting a far smaller stock change in NGLs than was revealed in Wednesday’s Energy Information...
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31 May 2018
Malaysia concluded its 14th general elections on 10 May 2018, resulting in an end to the 61-year reign of the Barisan Nasional coalition.
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30 May 2018
With the release of the North American power market outlook, our team reviews industry themes facing the wind industry.
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29 May 2018 Ford Tanner Carlos Bellorin
S&P Global anticipates that Guyana's deepwater investment climate will remain regionally competitive over the next five years, despite the country’s...
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24 May 2018 Don Bari
rude oil-to-chemicals and the next generation of coal-fed chemical production technologies are the most disruptive in petrochemicals.
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Interest in ship’s scrubbers is growing steadily, but still falling short of tipping the IMO balance
24 May 2018 Hedi Grati
Recent steady growth in ship scrubber installations supports S&P Global’s view that more vessel owners would see a compelling economic case to...
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18 May 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
How are oil and gas companies using hedging strategies to mitigate oil price risk?
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16 May 2018
S&P Global’s Companies and Transactions team estimates that 2018 corporate budgets for Latin American NOCs will increase by roughly 15% versus...
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11 May 2018 Amanda Nelson
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs has announced the selection of ten proposed offshore wind projects.
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09 May 2018 Alejandra León
Given the energy reform process and an increase in gas and oil companies operating in Mexico, the country has the potential to produce 5.3 Bcf/d...
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CNPC and ONGC acquire strategic resources and can expect near-term payout from Abu Dhabi concessions
08 May 2018 Rajeev Lala Mariam Al-Shamma
By offering ADNOC market security, CNPC and especially Indian NOCs are signaling a clear willingness and inclination to leverage their growing...
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07 May 2018 Ed Glatzer, B. Ch. E
What would happen to the world cost curves for Ethylene and Polyethylene-HDPE if oil prices don’t rise to the S&P Global forecast?
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04 May 2018
Resource imbalance over a massive landmass and severe air pollution in populated coastal region enabled rapid development of long-distance power...
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03 May 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In our latest episode of Upstream in Perspective, we discuss trends within the mergers and acquisitions market, with Dan Pratt and Lysle Brinker...
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01 May 2018
Widening Chinese Transport Fuel Surplus to Pressure Asian Region – May 2018
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01 May 2018
Portfolio Strategy: Making the Right Moves at The Right Times – May 2018
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01 May 2018 Imre Kugler Reed Olmstead
S&P Global’s North America Plays and Basins team recently completed its second quarter production forecasts. Here are some of the highlights....
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25 April 2018 David Vaucher
US onshore shale players have ramped up 2018–19 capital spending intentions and production targets across the board, from the smallest independents...
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19 April 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
E&Ps have reshaped their technology and innovation strategies over the past few years to better compete in a low-price environment.
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18 April 2018 Eleanor Budds Spencer Welch
Although electric vehicles are making headlines, oil demand is also growing strongly; at a similar rate to during the commodity supercycle and...
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17 April 2018
These technologies have seen significant development and evolution over the past few years, and the pace of innovation is increasing. As innovation...
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17 April 2018
China has expanded its coal import restrictions, with several more ports introducing heavier controls over shipments from overseas.
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16 April 2018 Morgen McGuire
Three observations based on recent drilling results of Concho Resources and RSP Permian
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13 April 2018 Don Bari
It’s not enough to understand past successes or failures.
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11 April 2018 Mark Morgan, Ph.D.
Assuming that crude oil prices strengthen over the next decade, certain cracker operators in Europe may again consider an increase in natural...
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11 April 2018 Jone-Lin Wang, Ph.D.
Key takeaways from CERAWeek 2018 within the power sector.
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10 April 2018 Zhi Xin Chong
An overview of the Myanmar energy market
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10 April 2018 Mark Eramo
Getting both location and technology “just right” keeps business competitive through the cycles.
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03 April 2018 Tim Staggs
Have you ever wondered about data transformation? What it is and how it’s done? Data transformation is the process of taking records or data...
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02 April 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Despite the craze around the Permian Basin, there are promising signs from other North American plays and basins.
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29 March 2018 Eduard Sala de Vedruna
Renewables were an integral topic throughout CERAWeek by S&P Global, not just in discussions on power day but throughout the week.
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29 March 2018
Opportunities and challenges in the Perth Basin
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27 March 2018 Lauren Droege
Uinta Basin well productivity competes with other Rockies unconventional plays, though scale remains limited.
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26 March 2018 Paul Markwell
A record attendance at CERAWeek this year already provided a clue. Optimism – and a need to think longer term – was back in vogue for industry...
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26 March 2018 Wade Shafer
This week, a commissioner on the Arizona Corporation Commission (the regulatory body overseeing most electric utilities in Arizona) proposed...
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22 March 2018 Daniel Evans
Forces of change will impact industries beyond the automotive sector.
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20 March 2018 Samuel Andrus
It has been 10 years since the “Shale Gale” first began to emerge from the Barnett Shale and commenced a wholesale turnaround of the U.S. natural...
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19 March 2018 Brian Ferguson
As we move through the first quarter of 2018, the upstream M&A market has changed too much so let’s take a look at the last full quarter of activity....
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16 March 2018 Shankari Srinivasan
With CERAWeek now complete, four words stand out to describe the presentation and tone of the discussion on natural gas.
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16 March 2018
Glycol Ethers: Challenge or Opportunity? – Feb 2018
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15 March 2018 Samantha Humphreys
Over the last few years Papua New Guinea has established itself as a strong player in the oil and gas industry.
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15 March 2018
Limited battery raw materials could impact EV deployment.
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09 March 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In the Global Oil Dialogue on Wednesday, HE Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of State in the United Arab Emirates, speaks with Dr. Daniel Yergin...
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09 March 2018 Michael Stoppard
The world is changing. The world of gas is changing. What’s ahead for the gas markets and what are emerging global gas business models?
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08 March 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
On the 80th anniversary of Saudi Aramco discovering oil, Dr. Daniel Yergin spoke with the CEO of Saudi Aramco, Amin Nasser about what lies ahead...
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08 March 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In a CERAWeek interview, Dr. Daniel Yergin speaks with Sarah Ortwein, Tim Dove, Mark Little and Lorenzo Simonelli about North American oil supply....
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07 March 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Not able to attend CERAWeek by S&P Global this year? We'll recap the first two days for you in 30 seconds with the top Tweets from the show!
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07 March 2018 IHS Markit Energy Expert
At CERAWeek 2018, Dan Yergin speaks with HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, Secretary General of OPEC and Fatih Birol, Executive Director of International...
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01 March 2018
S&P Global has identified NOC competition in domestic basins as one of its top 10 upstream issues for 2018.
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28 February 2018 Yelena Kiyanitsa Siddhartha Sen
Several years of weak commodity prices have significantly reduced offshore exploration activity in the US Gulf of Mexico.
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26 February 2018 Michael Dyer Ford Tanner
On 31 January, Mexico awarded 19 out of 29 deepwater blocks on offer across three areas – the Perdido area, the Mexican Ridges province, and...
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23 February 2018 Emilie Gubian
While US Onshore crude oil production economics have improved markedly across all major basins over the past several years, there is significant...
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21 February 2018 Nathan Amery
With data volumes growing rapidly, good data management is a significant challenge for upstream oil and gas companies.
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21 February 2018 Dylan Lougheed
The main measurement of a well’s value is its Net Present Value (NPV).
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14 February 2018 Walt Hart, Ph.D. Manish Sejwal
The Pakistan LPG market is expected to grow gradually in the coming years.
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12 February 2018 Lauren Droege
The Bone Spring play continues to compete with other headline unconventional plays across the Lower 48 in daily output, producing about 460,000...
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09 February 2018 Zhi Xin Chong
13 million metric tons by 2030. That is the forecast of LNG demand into these frontier markets – Vietnam, Philippines and Myanmar.
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08 February 2018 Danilo Doninelli
Country-level case studies of field redevelopment in Europe...
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08 February 2018 Ana Gamboa
Global PVC Market Update - Nov 2017
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05 February 2018 Danilo Doninelli
Continental Europe’s hydrocarbon industry is characterised by its mature onshore fields
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01 February 2018 Andrew Neff
The unconventional story in the CIS countries is quite mixed. In much of the CIS, a key ingredient to the recipe has been missing: motivation....
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01 February 2018
by Denis Poussin, Director, Global Acrylates and SAP | Lisa Mistry, Analyst, Syngas Chemicals & Acrylates and SAP | Mike Nash, Vice President...
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23 January 2018
A new wave of technology including autonomous vehicles and aircraft as well as integrated monitoring systems will unlock new levels of efficiency...
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19 January 2018 Alex Connell
A broad set of forces from global energy markets to state/provincial policies are reshaping the North American power, gas, coal, and renewable...
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19 January 2018 Energy Expert
Our experts share three significant energy-related discoveries in 2017 which we think every energy fanatic should know about...
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17 January 2018 Jim Thomas Yelena Shliomenzon
Exploration spending fell by more than 50% from 2014 to 2016 with all oil and gas players forced to retrench spending.
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05 January 2018 Kareemah Mohamed
S&P Global expects global E&P sector exploration budgets to remain flat in 2018 as operators continue to focus on efficiencies and improved recovery...
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03 January 2018 Paul Markwell
For upstream players to win in the industry's "lower for longer" environment, a sharp focus on cost competitiveness is needed at the project...
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01 January 2018
Which Way for Oil Prices & Refining Margins in 2018? – Jan 2018
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26 December 2017
Despite an expected slowdown in drilling activity in 2018, S&P Global forecasts an uptick in frac demand as built-up drilled uncompleted wells...
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20 December 2017 Spencer Welch
The end of the year is drawing near. We thought we'd take a break from last-minute online holiday shopping for a little introspection.
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18 December 2017 Siddhartha Sen Monica Hoz de Vila
Ixachi 1 could be an important addition to the portfolio of PEMEX, a company trying to restructure its holdings, improve its financial outlook...
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14 December 2017 William Plampton
The Perth Basin, situated onshore and offshore, southwest Australia, is a basin with particular interest. It carries previous exploration success...
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07 December 2017 IHS Markit Energy Expert
From facts about the energy industry and career progression to offshore opportunities and estimations of production dates, these are some of...
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07 December 2017 John Barsby
During the past 5 years, the global chemical industry has undergone a period of unprecedented change.
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01 December 2017
Naphtha and Natural Gasoline: Balancing The Surplus - Dec 2017
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23 November 2017
After a nearly two decades of fast economic growth, China has achieved huge success in growing its economy and generating wealth for its citizens....
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21 November 2017 Aida Jebens
The global market for specialty chemicals totaled $556 billion in 2016, driven by the strong demand for personal electronics and the increasing...
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20 November 2017 Lauren Droege Imre Kugler
The last several years have seen a resurgence of interest in the Mississippian play in the northern Anadarko Basin, largely due to the advent...
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16 November 2017 Mark Eramo
Targeted M&A activity can provide producers the opportunity to grow capacity and margins through cost savings and growth synergies.
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16 November 2017 Jim Thompson
US coal producers are changing their attitudes about coal exports and are indifferent to who the counterparty is due to the extreme short-term...
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13 November 2017 Jim Burkhard
Every day there are new stories and announcements about changes in the automotive industry, especially around electric cars and driverless technology....
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13 November 2017
Chemical processes have been optimised and improved since the earliest industrialisation in the 18th century. Each time a new plant is built...
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09 November 2017 Eric Linak
Paints and Coatings: Market Analysis - Eric Linak, Director, Specialty Chemicals, S&P Global
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09 November 2017
Long Goodbye: The Coming Quest for Oil Demand & the Competition it is Provoking by Jim Burkhard - Vice Presidents, Oil Markets, Bhushan Bahree...
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09 November 2017
CCMA Product Enhancements by Ed Glatzer, Managing Director, CCMA Product
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09 November 2017 Peter Feng Dewey Johnson
Global Aromatics and Fibers Market Update by Duncan Clark, Vice President, Aromatics & Fibers, S&P Global | Dewey Johnson, Vice President, Base...
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09 November 2017
Last week's fraud charge instigation over Rio Tinto's $3bn Mozambique fiasco pulsates an edgy echo from a seminal moment in recent coal history....
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08 November 2017 Isaac Nuti
In a word, booming describes the status of the Guyana offshore oil and gas exploration scene.
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07 November 2017
A myriad of logistics issues and supply and demand factors are hampering the flow of metallurgical coal supply from Australia, according to S&P...
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07 November 2017 Hédi Grati
Smooth sailing or shipping shambles?
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02 November 2017 Energy Expert
The coal assets of Johannesburg-listed African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) could become "a permanent drag" on the earnings performance of the black-controlled...
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01 November 2017
Onwards and Upwards: The Oil Supply Outlook for 2018-19 Oil Supply Outlook - Nov 2017
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01 November 2017 Tom Manning
Who will absorb the US propane surplus? - Nov 2017
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01 November 2017 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In a major surprise to many market players, the dramatic slide in coal stocks at Indian power plants between April and October has not seen a...
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01 November 2017 Jim Burkhard
The future of cars, oil, chemicals and electric power
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31 October 2017 Ford Tanner
The political desperation of Venezuela's ruling elite will necessitate efforts aimed at generating upstream investment, new source hydrocarbon...
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29 October 2017
Grid defection, or at least partial grid defection, is an increasingly attractive alternative for residential customers
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26 October 2017 Matthew Bax
Rate Transient Analysis (RTA), unlike traditional reservoir engineering methods such as Decline Analysis (DCA), incorporates both fluid rates...
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26 October 2017 Silvia Macri
Microgrids offer an economically viable solution for emerging economies to meet their national electrification targets and to address growing...
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26 October 2017 Efcharis Sgourou
Last year's verdict by Germany's Federal Constitutional Court on compensation for the phasing out of the country's nuclear fleet could also mean...
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25 October 2017 James Isaacs
The Kutch Basin is set to become the eighth successful basin to produce hydrocarbons from India
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18 October 2017 Renat Balandin
The US onshore cementing services market, which was estimated to be valued at $3.5bn in 2014, has fallen by 81% by mid-2016.
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16 October 2017 Dr. Piotr Gawenda
Poland announced in June 2015 ten blocks for licensing in 2016. A year later, in June 2016, the authorities presented a further ten areas for...
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13 October 2017 Jim Thompson
The Department of Energy proposal to reform competitive electricity markets, a move that could be deeply positive for many coal and nuclear power...
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11 October 2017 Alessandro Piccoli
How have incoming IOCs impacted the E&P scene and envision the future operations in Romanian & Bulgarian waters
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08 October 2017 Farrah Boularas
Eighteen months after the removal of international sanctions against Iran, the country has made a remarkable return to international oil markets....
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08 October 2017 Roger Green
Creating value is the essence of business; our purpose and greatest challenge.I will address approaches to creating value in the European chemical...
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08 October 2017 Stanislas Drochon
Since the middle of the last decade, Anglo Saxon Majors BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell have been reducing their exposure to refining and marketing...
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05 October 2017 Hassan Eltorie
During the oil boom, upstream companies financed rocketing production growth and sizable cash flow deficits with cheap money during a low interest...
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04 October 2017 Renat Balandin
US onshore oilfield water management services market has regained momentum after a two year decline and is on track to recover to 2014 highs...
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29 September 2017
New Hope Corporation returned a significantly improved financial result for the latest financial year ending 31 July, with a significant turnaround...
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28 September 2017 Jim Thompson
Prolonged strength in the metallurgical coal market reflects continued tight supply, defying earlier conventional wisdom that suggested producers...
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27 September 2017
Things have not looked this good economically for a long time,and they continue to improve.
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27 September 2017 Jim Burkhard
Changing crude oil prices add complexity to the investment decisions of petrochemical firms. Depending on regional demand, available supply...
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27 September 2017
Only 10 to 15 years ago, the sun appeared to be setting on the US petrochemical industry. Across the landscape, manufacturers were shutting down...
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27 September 2017 Mark Morgan, Ph.D.
A circular economy is an alternative to a traditional linear economy (make, use, dispose) in which we keep resources in use for as long as possible...
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19 September 2017
Glencore's proposed sale of its 13 mt/y Rolleston thermal coal mine has cast doubt over the viability of the Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal...
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11 September 2017 Pritesh Patel
The Permian Basin is the most dynamic play in North America today. The Wolfcamp Delaware is holding its own at a price under $30 as breakeven...
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05 September 2017 Jim Thompson
Price consensus has begun to build regarding North American domestic coal purchases for calendar year 2018.
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28 August 2017 Brian Ferguson Sam Hanna
Total's US$7.42 billion acquisition of Maersk Oil & Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of shipping giant A.P. Møller–Mærsk, fits strategically within...
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27 August 2017
China Polyolefin Market Perspective and Future Outlook by Wang BingLi | 加中国聚烯烃市场在线研讨会
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26 August 2017
Acrylates and SAP Webinar by David Byrne, Jennifer Carvajal Diaz & Denis Poussin
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25 August 2017
Global Olefins and Polyolefins Market Update by Dewey Johnson, Todd Dina & Joel Morales
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24 August 2017
Managing Resin Price Risk in a Volatile World
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21 August 2017
High-Intensity Sweeteners - Market Analysis Webcast by Marifaith Hackett
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21 August 2017 Emilie Gubian
The industry adapted remarkably fast to the 2014 collapse in crude oil prices
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17 August 2017 Thomas Parambil Jacob
The frac sand industry is in a transition phase, seeing the emergence of regional Texas mines potentially becoming more and more important over...
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11 August 2017 Jim Thompson
While hard coking coal prices have moved upward rather violently in recent days, some suppliers are concerned the basis for the increase is thin...
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10 August 2017 Vadim Milovanov
Surface recorders can be used along with bottomhole recorders to eliminate the guesswork in determining when a well test can be terminated when...
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08 August 2017 Tiziana Luzzi
The latest update on bid rounds from across Latin American countries
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02 August 2017
Fresh off the heels of the annual Tax Withholding and Information Reporting Conference in NYC, the oil and gas industry should have one takeaway...
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31 July 2017 Amanda Nelson
The recent news of a major discovery and a planned fast-tracked development in the Sureste Basin comes as a validation both of Mexico's celebrated...
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28 July 2017 Jim Thompson
The bear lurks on the fringe of the global metallurgical coal market, but for now supply has been fragile as china in a closet, thus keeping...
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26 July 2017 Carlos Rocha
2017 has been a decisive year for Brazil local content requirements changes. The government halved the local content requirements for this year's...
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20 July 2017 Marc Messner
Recognizing how important it is to our customers to have access to the most complete and accurate production data available, S&P Global has made...
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19 July 2017 Jim Thompson
The first tickets have been issued to the annual dance among United States (US) cokemakers and metallurgical (met) coal suppliers.
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13 July 2017
Consistency of interpretation" is the hallmark of quality work for the S&P Global sub-surface consulting team
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12 July 2017 Jennifer Thomas
The S&P Global North American upstream capital cost index is down slightly in first quarter 2017, while the North American operating cost index...
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01 July 2017
Overview of the Specialty Chemicals Industry by Aida Jebens
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29 June 2017 Michael Wynne
Information quantity has exploded in the last decade, with "Big Data" made readily available by a wide range of sources.
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28 June 2017 Spencer Welch
For more than 30 years, Dated Brent has been the world's most important crude benchmark, it is estimated that Dated Brent is currently used to...
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22 June 2017 Reed Olmstead
By 2013, the industry began to realize the impact the Permian Basin could have on US production, but many operators, service companies, and financial...
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20 June 2017
Challenges facing the global defence industry
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20 June 2017 Rachael Moreland
The Wolfcamp Formation within the Permian basin and each of its shale benchmarks provides an excellent example of how we can use petrophysical...
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15 June 2017 Kevin Birn
Over the next two years Canadian oil production growth will be exceeded only by US tight oil.
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14 June 2017 MacKnight, Bob
Mexico's Round 2.1 offers 15 shallow water blocks in the Tampico Misantla, Veracruz, and the Sureste Basins.
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13 June 2017 Bruce Smith
Allocation is the process of estimating the portion of the monthly volume from each well on the lease.
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08 June 2017 Mike Nash
S&P Global moderates panel with US Secretary of Energy, Secretary of the Interior, EPA Administrator and others at DOE Energy Week
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07 June 2017 Jim Bock
Pattern recognition has long been a key to our understanding of geologic landforms and depositional regimes.
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01 June 2017 Raoul LeBlanc
The Permian Basin in Texas is currently the most exciting place in the world for upstream companies.
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30 May 2017 Dr. Russell Roundtree
In a resource constrained world, one always looks for potential efficiencies.
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25 May 2017 Caldwell Bailey
After two years in the doldrums, the hydraulic fracturing services industry is on pace for significant improvement.
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23 May 2017 Kelvin Gan
A software upgrade or update process can be a confusing and daunting task. To some users, the process can also be a time consuming endeavor.
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16 May 2017 Jeff Meyer
The oil price crash of 2014–15 sparked a difficult recalibration between upstream oil revenue and oil field development costs.
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11 May 2017 Michael Ryan
On balance, the global economy is expected to accelerate in 2017 but not without considerable risks that have the potential to disrupt world...
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08 May 2017 Adriana Hernandez
Worried about the production of your gas well?
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04 May 2017 Edward Kelly
Natural gas production in the Permian Basin is growing rapidly along with oil.
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03 May 2017 Thomas Parambil Jacob
The frac sand sector has re-entered bullish territory in 2017 as demand is expected to exceed peak 2014 levels before the end of the year.
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25 April 2017 Carlos Pascual
The broader security and commercial impacts of US-Russia relations are global, not least in the energy sector.
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19 April 2017 Brad Taggart
Assignments are the missing piece in identifying your competition.
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12 April 2017 Dominik Rozwadowski
Canada poised to add to new crude supply from its complex production matrix
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11 April 2017 Zane Reynolds
A key strategy operators used to weather the downturn in oil and gas prices for the last three years was to delay completion of drilled wells...
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27 March 2017 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Ministerial dialogue with Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman, S&P Global (Chair), Chairman, CERAWeek and HE Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State -...
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22 March 2017 Raoul LeBlanc
CERAWeek posted record attendance numbers this year, and the North American onshore was decidedly the topic du jour.
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21 March 2017 Michael Dyer
Government plans are being changed for Deep Water and Unconventional blocks
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19 March 2017 . Andrew Byrne
S&P Global expects that the sufficient number of private operators remaining means that the Permian M&A frenzy has only just begun, despite relatively...
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16 March 2017 Reed Olmstead
2017 is certainly the year to unleash the beast and get the growth engine restarted.
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14 March 2017 Simon Davies
A common objective when analyzing gathering systems is to perform "what if?" scenarios, such as twinning a pipeline or adding a compressor and...
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10 March 2017 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In an exclusive CERAWeek interview, Secretary General of OPEC Mohammed Barkindo speaks with Dr. Dan Yergin about the historic OPEC agreement...
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09 March 2017 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In the opening oil dialogue on Tuesday morning, Robert Dudley, Group Chief Executive, BP plc., speaks with Dr. Dan Yergin on the current oil...
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09 March 2017 IHS Markit Energy Expert
HE Khalid A. Al-Falih, Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources for Saudi Arabia, talked to the CERAWeek audience about the importance...
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08 March 2017 IHS Markit Energy Expert
We'll recap the first two days for you in 30 seconds with the top Tweets from the show
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07 March 2017 Justin Pettit Michael Muirhead
How tighter control over fracture height can also yield benefits in terms of the optimization of vertical and horizontal well spacing.
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22 February 2017 Stephen Trammel
There's been a lot of buzz lately about "big data" - how it will revolutionize the world by helping businesses understand customers, make better...
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16 February 2017 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In a resilient, competitive market, you need the full land data picture to pinpoint joint ventures, find new opportunities and know your competition....
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14 February 2017 IHS Markit Energy Expert
The Wolfcamp shale has taken center stage and the full glare of the spotlight.
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12 February 2017 Clay Boswell
Oxiteno (Sao Paolo, Brazil) says it has named Timothy Earl Madden COO of Oxiteno USA, a new position created to manage the company's plans for...
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09 February 2017 Louis Mattar
Forecasting production when there isn't a declining rate, for the purposes of reserves determination and optimization of future development...
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09 February 2017 Clay Boswell
Occidental Petroleum (Oxy; Houston) reports fourth-quarter pre-tax earnings in its chemical segment, OxyChem, of $152 million, up 30% year-over-year...
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08 February 2017 Mike Nash Leshan Hou
Global Methanol Market Update - Nov 2017
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01 February 2017 Tom Manning
Strong demand from Asia coupled with large US production has put the US in the top spot for LPG exports, while creating some challenges in other...
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31 January 2017 Reed Olmstead
In the United States, as uncertainty around the outlook for oil and gas prices started to dissipate in late 2016, capital investment began to...
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12 January 2017
The energy industry is facing a major challenge: members of the baby boomer generation, who have for so long been responsible for the data on...
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10 January 2017 IHS Markit Energy Expert
In today's economic environment, the cost of drilling new wells has forced some operators to re-evaluate field development plans, searching for...
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04 January 2017
The combination of the changing nature of China's economy, the increasing focus of its citizenry on environmental stewardship, and the natural...
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27 December 2016 Justin Pettit Michael Muirhead
Permian basin development is complicated by many technical factors. In addition to complex geology, operators must deal with very high levels...
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08 November 2016
The low oil price environment continues to take its toll on oil producing countries worldwide. The effects, as the PEPS Oil & Gas Risk Team has...
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26 October 2016 Dan Yergin
A new S&P Global Energy report disputes concerns by some central banks and regulators that climate change may pose "systemic risk" to the financial...
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21 October 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Many seismic attributes today reveal fault and fracture patterns. However, these fault attributes often suffer from noise or artifacts in the...
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11 October 2016 Bjorn, Hem
Oil industry costs will improve as activity recovers, but with only modest expected gains until 2020.
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05 October 2016 Bjorn, Hem
When will reduced levels of upstream oil and gas spending and activity, experienced since oil prices fell in late 2014, begin to recover?
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29 September 2016 Chambers, Hank
Seismic-guided volumetric well log interpolation is a unified solution for inversion, interpolation, and integration problems.
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27 September 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Q2 marks increase in Upstream Oil & Gas costs after 2 years of deflation
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21 September 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
This article reviews features available in S&P Global Piper that can be used to test optimization scenarios for hydrocarbon gathering systems...
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07 September 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
This article reviews features available in S&P Global Piper that can be used to test cost cutting for hydrocarbon gathering systems by shutting-in...
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24 August 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
S&P Global Piper gives operators the tools to identify common operational issues and test potential corrective measures In times of low commodity...
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11 August 2016 Ford Tanner
Petrobras's Carcará sale underscores shift in Brazil's approach to foreign investors
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10 August 2016 IHS Markit Energy Expert
Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) modeling has proven to be a powerful tool for studying the effective relationships between the reservoir petrophysical...
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03 August 2016 Mariam Al Shamma
Two years of low oil prices have wrought considerable stress across major oil and gas producing countries
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28 July 2016 Adriana Hernandez
The industry has changed dramatically since the advent of the shale revolution in North America, enabled by the application of horizontal drilling...
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21 July 2016 Dan Yergin
Faith in economic freedom used to be a given in the West. Now a misguided trust in government control is growing.
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