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Business aviation is moving SAF from early adoption to everyday airport operations, bringing new demands around fuel quality, logistics and customer confidence. In this episode of SAF Insights, Louise Burke (Senior Vice President, Oil Products and Global Aviation and Renewables) speaks with Keith Sawyer (Manager, Alternative Fuels, Avfuel Corporation) about the practical steps required to deliver certified SAF across a growing US network.

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Airport adoption: The role of customers and communities

The renewable diesel market is being reshaped by changing trade flows, evolving policy incentives, and shifting demand patterns on both sides of the Atlantic. In this episode, Argus experts Giulia Squadrin and Philip Goughary discuss the latest developments in US-EU trade flows and within the US market, including record Renewable Fuel Standard mandates, the growing influence of California, and the factors affecting renewable diesel production, pricing, and exports. As US domestic demand strengthens, they explore how market participants are adapting to a changing regulatory and commercial landscape. 

The conversation also examines the implications of policy changes in North America on the European market, where renewable diesel demand is on the rise. From shifting trade flows and supply availability to the broader impact on market economics, this episode provides valuable insight into the forces shaping renewable diesel markets today. 

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How recent policy changes are reshaping renewable diesel market dynamics 

What is driving changes in US renewable diesel supply, demand and exports 

Why California remains a key factor in renewable diesel economics 

How shifting trade flows are affecting renewable diesel availability in Europe 

What market participants should watch as renewable diesel markets continue to evolve

Welcome to Episode 24 of the Methanol Market Puts-and-Takes podcast, part of the Chemical Conversations series.

In this episode, Senior Analyst Cassidy Staggers talks with Dave McCaskill, Argus VP of Methanol and Derivatives and Becky Zhang, Argus lead methanol consultant on:

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As renewable generation continues to expand and extreme weather phenomena become more frequent, managing weather risk is becoming increasingly important for energy companies. Conventional hedging strategies can help manage price exposure, but they do not always address the financial impact of unexpected weather patterns on demand, generation or trading positions.

As a result, weather derivatives are gaining greater attention. In this episode, Argus European Electricity Editor Helen Senior and Deputy Editor Apostolos Tsarikas talk with Pierre Buisson, Senior Weather and Energy Structurer, and Theresa Kammel, Weather Trader and Originator at Munich Re, to discuss how these products work and where the market is headed.

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In this week's Strait Talk: Thin Diesel, Argus experts examine how the market has changed following the Houthi maritime ban on Saudi-linked shipping and attacks on key refining infrastructure. Product exports through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait have fallen sharply, while fresh warnings to shipowners and repeated attacks on the Jizan refinery have increased uncertainty for fuel exporters and buyers alike.

As biocarbon production scales up and international trade expands, transport regulations are emerging as one of the industry's biggest challenges.

In this episode of Biomass Beat, Hannah Adler, Deputy Editor of Biomass, speaks with Captain Bulut Kartal, General Manager at Control Union North America, to discuss why the lack of a dedicated International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC) schedule is creating uncertainty across the supply chain and what regulators are doing to address it.

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Geopolitical conflict and Middle Eastern supply disruption are increasing the value of larger, more flexible LPG and ethane inventories in China. In this episode of Global LPG Conversations, Matt Scotland (Editor, LPG World) speaks with Celia Chen (Lead LPG Analyst) about how growing supply concerns are reshaping storage investment decisions.

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The discussion draws on the Global LPG Storage Survey, available to LPG World subscribers through Argus Direct. Explore the survey data for detailed information on LPG and ethane storage capacity, infrastructure developments and major projects across China, the wider Asia-Pacific region, and the rest of the world. 

What’s driving record diesel prices and unexpectedly tight gasoline markets in Europe? Join George Maher-Bonnett (Deputy Editor, Argus European Products), Josh Michalowski (Diesel Reporter) and Atishya Nayak (Senior Gasoline Reporter) as they examine the supply disruptions, shifting trade flows and changing demand patterns reshaping Europe’s road fuels markets. 

In this episode, our experts discuss how geopolitical tensions, low inventories, refinery maintenance and seasonal demand trends are keeping diesel and gasoline markets unusually tight, and what market participants should watch as Europe heads into winter. 

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What the outlook is for road fuels markets in the months ahead

In this episode, Guo Harn Hong (Argus Global Lead for Base Oils) is joined by Chu Ren Tan (Senior Base Oils Analyst), Li Li Chng (Associate Editor, Base Oils), Tara Tang (Associate Editor, Base Oils & Waxes) and Victor Hu (Senior Analyst) to discuss how geopolitical tensions, logistical disruptions and shifting trade flows continue to reshape Asia-Pacific base oils markets. While new capacity additions across the region have eased some supply pressures, the lubricant supply chain remains under strain as refiners optimise output streams and downstream blending economics evolve.

The discussion explores the impact of changing crude and base oil trade flows, refinery strategies affecting product availability, and the opportunities emerging for market participants amid ongoing disruption.

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In this week's Strait Talk, Argus experts examine a series of developments that could reshape energy markets, from reported peace talks between US representatives and Iran to signs that Saudi Arabia may soon restart crude shipments through its critical East-West pipeline.