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Tune in to Nicolas Ganas, Business Development Manager - Marine Fuels, as he talks with KPI OceanConnect CEO, Søren Høll, about IMO 2020, Covid-19 and the impact of the OPEC+ oil price crash. 

The sulphur market has seen dramatic price gains across almost all regions in recent weeks. Tight supply on the back of Covid-19 related disruption has led to supply side issues. China imports dropped dramatically in 2020 but prices have remained firm through January. What is next for the global price outlook and how will global trade be impacted by changing demand and new capacity? Meena Chauhan, Head of Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid Research and Tim Cheyne, VP of Fertilizers discuss.

Crude oil price benchmarks are facing some degree of change across all regions, from the various forms of WTI in the US and Brent in Europe, to the incoming IFAD Murban contract in the Middle East. What is driving these changes and how will the global crude oil markets react? 

In this episode of The Crude Report, our senior vice president Stephen Jones and vice presidents James Gooder and Josefine Ahlstrom highlight the fundamental topics that will be covered in our free crude and refined products forum at the upcoming Argus Oil Week 2021. 

The potash market has seen significant price gains across almost all regions in the last few weeks. Midpoint prices have jumped by nearly $14-18/t since the end of last year in southeast Asia, Brazil, and the US, and market participants expect prices to continue to rise throughout 2021. So what has driven the recent price increases, and will the same drivers continue to push prices up? David Riley, Lead Potash Analyst, Hasan Tarique, Senior Consultant on potash, and Ewan Thomson, Global Potash Editor, discuss.

This podcast episode focuses on Australia’s refinery developments, and how it impacts dirty tankers in the region. This episode discusses how changes in commodity demand will affect trade flows. Join Andrew Khaw, Editor, Asia Freight and Paul Jacinto, Reporter, as they share their thoughts on the current state of the market and how things could evolve for the industry.

Iraq’s state-owned marketer Somo has split the exports of key Iraqi Basrah crude from two into three grades, now Basrah Light, Basrah Medium (the newest classification) and Basrah Heavy, and also made adjustments in the quality of the Basrah Light and Basrah Heavy grades. 

In this episode of The Crude Report, our Asia-Pacific and Middle East crude markets editor Azlin Ahmad talks with Singapore crude reporter Fabian Ng on how these changes are being received in the Asia-Pacific market and the demand for Iraq’s new Basrah Medium crude.  

O Porto do Açu recebeu seus dois primeiros carregamentos de fertilizantes nos últimos meses e novos desembarques estão previstos em 2021, colocando o Rio de Janeiro na rota de importação destes produtos. Como o porto fluminense está se preparando para atender este mercado e como isso deve impactar a dinâmica logística do setor?

The first week of 2021 has seen several bullish factors push prices up on the Argus Far East Index. Asia LPG editor Reza Amanat talks to Argus LPG Business Development Executive David Appleton about what’s been happening and what’s driving this trend. Listen to our new episode in Global LPG Conversations.

The Argus LPG team from China share the latest developments in both petrochemical and energy demand for LPG in the run up to the Lunar New Year. In this week’s episode, David Appleton is joined by Shanghai-based Senior LPG Analysts, Celia Chen and Cheryl Liu.

Russia’s Sokol and ESPO Blend crude oil grades, produced in the country’s Far East, have relatively easy access to the world’s largest crude oil buyer, China.

In this episode of The Crude Report, our Vice President Will Harwood and Asia-Pacific and Middle East crude markets editor Azlin Ahmad, talk through the market fundamentals behind the Sokol and ESPO Blend crude.