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Date:
    06 Sep 2019
Series:
    Commodities Focus
Podcast Title:

Texas natural gas, power prices diverge during an August for the record books

ERCOT power demand smashed record after record durin August, boosting spot prices to record highs and real-time power prices to $9,000/MWh. Natural gas prices, however, did not see any uplift from record power demand

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Length:
8:32
Date:
    27 Aug 2019
Series:
    Commodities Focus
Podcast Title:

Make-or-break time approaching for US LNG developers as trade turmoil escalates

S&P Global Platts senior natural gas writer Harry Weber and S&P Global Market Intelligence natural gas reporter Corey Paul discuss with Platts natural gas managing editor Joe Fisher the state of play in the US LNG industry, with...

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Length:
22:56
Date:
    22 Aug 2019
Series:
    Commodities Focus
Podcast Title:

US power sector faces challenges from lower utility load, global trade uncertainty

A number of major trends are impacting the US power sector, including lower utility load nearly across the board among electric utilities, largely because of milder temperatures this year but also in some cases because of lower...

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Length:
9:16
Date:
    20 Aug 2019
Series:
    Commodities Focus
Podcast Title:

European ethylene: A look down the chain from oversupply towards economic downturn

On today's Commodities Focus podcast with Ora Lazic and Miguel Cambeiro : Although Europe continues to be the most expensive pricing region, it is increasingly becoming an importer of competitively priced ethylene and main derivatives...

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Length:
09:31
Date:
    16 Aug 2019
Series:
    Commodities Focus
Podcast Title:

Commodity markets settle in for the long haul in US-China trade tension

With no end to the dispute in sight and a consensus that the real shocks to the markets could be yet to come, the latest installment of the Commodities Focus podcast takes a renewed look at the impact on trade flows that the ongoing...

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Length:
41:42