Tagged With Bill Barnes
19 December 2019
Recycling will increasingly alter supply fundamentals, while legislation targeting single-use plastics will erode demand
1 November 2019
Existing housing stock offers big efficiency wins but also presents the hardest challenges
31 October 2019
The metrics are very different, but global power market’s two growth engines are making efficiency gains
27 August 2019
Market backwardation and IMO 2020 adjustments balance storage trends
16 August 2019
North American crude output is exceeding storage capacity and driving a storage construction boom
15 August 2019
There are signs that European operators and refiners are getting comfortable with inventory levels ahead of the IMO 2020 switch
13 August 2019
Major oil companies in the region identify key opportunities for retail growth
25 June 2019
US majors see little incentive to prepare for greater EV adoption
3 June 2019
Financial and regulatory challenges are curbing the ambitions of major oil companies' ambitions to invest in the electricity supply sector
7 May 2019
The global trend towards the use of renewables is not denting the demand for older methods of power generation
21 March 2019
Short-term expansion is baked in, but the new decade could pose challenges
14 March 2019
A backlash against single-use plastics is encouraging recycling into intermediate products and fuels, complicating world oil demand forecasts
6 March 2019
Enterprise Products Partners looks set to maintain its leading position in the expansion of US midstream logistics over the next two years
4 February 2019
The evolution of northeast US gas marketing may further cut capacity
7 January 2019
The rise of plastics recycling plants may stunt demand for oil
13 November 2018
Nearly a decade into its hydrocarbons boom, North Dakota, the US’ second-largest oil producing state, still struggles to limit natural gas flaring
6 November 2018
ExxonMobil isn’t alone among majors in turning its gaze from the US Gulf of Mexico to significant deep-water and onshore shale opportunities elsewhere
30 October 2018
European oil storage struggles as new facilities aid further growth in Asia
12 October 2018
Commercial storage of LNG is on the rise as the market evolves, and emissions controls loom larger on the horizon
11 October 2018
World commercial oil inventories continued their declining trend over the past year. Oil storage owners face a mixed market
4 October 2018
Mexico's upstream has boomed in recent years, and a bullish new president wants to drive growth
28 September 2018
Brazil and Guyana lead enthusiasm in continent’s deep waters
26 September 2018
A shale gas boom is creating a surfeit of liquids. The race is on to expand NGL infrastructure and find markets for ethane and propane
30 August 2018
Interest in the North American offshore continues, with Mexican deep-water opportunities expected to star
29 June 2018
A trend towards increased spot sales and more flexible contracts is keeping the global LNG industry on its toes
29 June 2018
Increased spot and short-term LNG trading and sharp price moves have encouraged the global growth of derivatives trading and hub activity
13 June 2018
European firms will be wary of doing business with Iran under US sanctions, but China and India are among states which won’t back off
4 June 2018
Environmental regulation, economics and rapidly evolving technology are encouraging the use of liquefied natural gas as a marine fuel
1 June 2018
LNG is making inroads into a variety of means of transport, with new maritime environmental regulations boosting its use in shipping
31 May 2018
As expectations of a world glut fade, Canada’s long-suffering export projects look set to take on a new lustre
25 May 2018
With the deadline for IMO regulations approaching, the industry is closely evaluating the business case for liquefied natural gas
23 May 2018
Environmental regulation, economics and rapidly evolving technology are encouraging the use of liquefied natural gas as a marine fuel
24 April 2018
Fast-growing markets are adding more plants and eking out gains at older ones. What's coming on, where, and when?
20 April 2018
Companies that splurged on sophisticated capacity additions, like Repsol and Tüpraş, and the majors with balanced upstream-downstream portfolios will benefit most
20 April 2018
Oil-product demand, especially for middle distillates, is rising more quickly that processing capacity. It's good news for refiners
22 March 2018
Rising US supplies, expanding European demand and much available regasification capacity should increase liquidity in the Atlantic Basin
22 March 2018
Demand is keeping up with supply. But new flexibility and hubs are changing the trading environment
14 March 2018
Singapore, Shanghai and Japan all wish to become trading hubs and price-reporting agencies are trying to establish benchmarks
20 February 2018
Competition to provide ships with a low-sulphur alternative will hot up as the IMO deadline approaches. It's not clear which fuel will win
20 February 2018
The clock is ticking for an industry that must conform with new sulphur rules. Not everyone will be ready in time
1 February 2018
New rules are imminent and will have a big impact on the global fuel oil sector
5 January 2018
With an eye on shareholders' returns, oil companies are reining in costs and increasing internally generated cash flows
5 January 2018
Investors want to see oil companies striving for value rather than volume in the year ahead
2 January 2018
The pattern of consolidation and restructuring among oil companies during the past year looks set to continue
24 November 2017
International buyers' appetite may start to wane in 2018
20 October 2017
A shift in most oil markets from contango to backwardation is changing the outlook for the global storage business
