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This fourth and final episode will discuss updates in environmental market programs at the federal and state level. 

Over the coming weeks we will be discussing growth in the US environmental markets including the new NOx allowance program, expansion of cap-and-trade programs, expansion of LCFS programs, and an update on renewable energy certificates. 

In this fourth episode, Michael Ball and Patrick Zemanek, break down the impacts of various environmental market programs at the federal and state level due to Biden’s infrastructure plan and other legislation across the country.

The urea market has seen a surge in demand without a corresponding increase in supply. Will the bull run on prices continue?

Join Alistair Wallace - Principal, Consulting and Tim Cheyne - VP, Fertilizers as they start with a look at what’s been driving unseasonably strong urea prices, covering a confluence of factors such as high crop prices, lack of new supply, plant maintenance, energy prices and the influence of China. We then focus on the outlook for Indian demand over the remainder of 2021 before pivoting to a review of global supply and projects for the rest of the year and 2022. We then move to the outlook for prices and finish with a review of the hot topic in the market - where urea fits in the move to a zero carbon economy.

A expectativa de produção recorde de milho na safra 2021-22 tem elevado a demanda por nitrogenados no Brasil. Junte-se a Camila Dias, chefe de redação da Argus no Brasil, e Renata Cardarelli, repórter da publicação Argus Brasil Grãos e Fertilizantes. Elas falam sobre os fatores por trás do aumento dos preços de nitrogenados e o cenário global para a oferta do nutriente.

An expected record corn crop in Brazil on season 2021-22 has been boosting the demand for nitrogen. Join Camila Dias, Argus Brazil bureau chief, and Renata Cardarelli, a reporter for Argus Brazil Grains and Fertilizer publication. They talk about the reasons behind the raise in nitrogen prices and the global supply scenario for the nutrient.

As increasing and more diverse light sweet Denver-Julesburg (DJ) crude volumes are delivered into Cushing, Oklahoma, from the Rocky Mountains, a need for better pricing has become all the more important. 

And now more buyers than ever are depending on spot supplies due to variable lease supplies and fewer evergreen and term contracts. 

In order to meet the needs of this changing market, Argus launched the DJ Light Cushing price on 28 June – which includes trades on four DJ Basin streams at Cushing – to better represent this market.

Indirect talks between Iran and the US have not yet resolved disagreements over a roadmap toward lifting US sanctions and enforcing Tehran's nuclear compliance. But refiners are watching the developments closely, and the eventual lifting of US sanctions is expected to trigger a revival in Iranian crude sales to Asia.

Over the last month there has been a lot of volatility in the RINs and RVO markets caused by key government decisions. 

This third episode in a new mini-series will discuss growth in low carbon fuel standards programs  across the US and Canada.

Over the coming weeks we will be discussing growth in the US environmental markets including the new NOx allowance program, expansion of cap-and-trade programs, expansion of LCFS programs, and an update on renewable energy certificates.

In this third episode, Jessica Dell and Elliott Blackburn break down the expansion of low carbon fuel standards (LCFS) programs across North America as more states and regions look to cut the carbon intensity of the transportation pool. 

Hello, I’m David Fyfe and welcome to another Argus podcast and blog in the “From the Economist’s Chair” series.

Opec+ Ministers failed to agree a route forward for crude production on 5 July, leaving a market that arguably needs more barrels short-term, but then seeks tighter restraint once again from 2022.

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Listen in as Elliot Radley, Editor European Products, and George King Cassell, Associate Editor of European Products, give an overview of Europe’s transition to E10 fuel, the non-oxy gasoline cargo market and new pricing solutions available to accurately assess this transition.