Platts News: Oil Podcast - EuropeThis is the latest in a series of weekly podcasts looking at what's driving the European oil markets. Check back every week for the very latest market update. Platts, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), the world's leading provider of energy information.North Sea crude oil market weakness analyzed- August 27, 2008 In this podcast, Joel Hanley, Platts international crude oil manager, discusses factors behind the recent weakness shown in the North Sea crude oil market, including the effects of low US import demand and high import levels from West Africa and the Mediterranean and competition from Algeria's Saharn Blend; and why the rapid fall of North Sea differentials has come as a surprise to traders.Listen now... To download and save this file, right click and select "save target as." We welcome any...http://www.platts.com/Oil/Resources/Podcasts/europe/archive/2008/aug/euromover082708.mp3?s... Contango market structure supports middle distillate storage- August 20, 2008 In this podcast, Tim Worledge and Robert Sheridan, editors for Platts European Marketscan, discuss the burgeoning contango market structure that is incentivizing the buying of product for storage across the Northwest Europe middle distillate markets; the prospect of another period of refinery turnarounds ahead; and examine the response from the ultra low sulfur diesel and jet fuel markets.Listen now... To download and save this file, right click and select "save target as." We welcome any...http://www.platts.com/Oil/Resources/Podcasts/europe/archive/2008/aug/euromover082008.mp3?s... Baku-Supsa oil pipeline shuts- August 13, 2008 In this podcast, Walid Kurdi, editor for European Marketscan, discusses the effects on Azuri crude flows of an attack on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline; the current security situation which has led to BP shutting the BTC-Supsa pipeline; and the expected outcome for lifters who bought Azeri crude oil, expecting to load in August.Listen now... To download and save this file, right click and select "save target as." We welcome any feedback or suggestions for topics. Contact us at...http://www.platts.com/Oil/Resources/Podcasts/europe/archive/2008/aug/euromover081308.mp3?s... Impact of India's Jamnagar refinery on diesel- August 6, 2008 In this podcast, Tim Worledge and Robert Sheridan, editors for Platts European Marketscan, discuss the potential impact across distillates of India's new Jamnagar refinery, opening in Q4 2008; market concerns regarding the specifications of the diesel to be produced there; and the significance of the refinery's geographical location for providing gasoline to the Middle East. Listen now... To download and save this file, right click and select "save target as." We welcome any feedback or...http://www.platts.com/Oil/Resources/Podcasts/europe/archive/2008/aug/euromover080608.mp3?s... |