The Biden presidency, geopolitics and the imp...

Nigeria's Dangote refinery, built at a cost of $20 billion and is Africa's largest, has started exporting naphtha to North Asian markets at a time when the clean tanker market is witnessing prolonged firmness. The naphtha flow from Dangote is adding to the ton-mile demand in the ...  Show more

Economic power-house China has set out 10 targets for 2024, which is pro-growth for oil demand, keen on energy security, and prioritizing accelerated industry modernization and development of new productive forces. In this episode of Platts Oil Markets podcast, Managing Editor fo ...  Show more

US stocks dip lower on concerns over this week’s Federal Reserve meeting, a star witness in the 1MDB corruption trial has wrapped up testimony in a Brooklyn courthouse, and US president Joe Biden is courting Venezuela and re-engaging with Saudi Arabia to overcome his oil sanct ...

On Wednesday, OPEC announced one of the biggest cuts to oil production since the start of the pandemic: a 2 million-barrel per day cut to its target starting in November. The move threatens to push gasoline prices higher and disrupt the positive momentum Democrats and the Biden a ...  Show more

President Joe Biden announced today the U.S. would release a record amount of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. CNN Political Director David Chalian breaks down whether that will impact high gas prices, voters worry over record-high inflation, and how it could impact Repu ...  Show more

The Daily Energy Markets podcast tackled the ripple effects of a sweeping new US spending bill adding $3 trillion to debt while slashing taxes and gutting key social and climate programs — a clear political win for Trump but raising concerns over debt and dollar pressure. Guests ...  Show more