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IMO2020 is an environmental rule effective January 1, 2020 that regulates how much sulfur a ship can give out in its exhaust.
The squeeze on capex is likely to be a determining factor on the oil patch activity levels next year.
Ben Thrower writes about recent changes in Mexico’s oil policies and how they may harm the country.
This analysis was distributed earlier this week as a Deep Dive offering to subscribers of FreightWaves’ SONAR market dashboard. The author is SONAR’s market expert on oil. If you think the price of gold says nothing about the inherent value of commodities — or the value of anything — then you can stop reading right […]
Drilling Deep podcast host John Kingston joins with his colleague FreightWaves Finance Editor Todd Maiden to discuss how the trucking industry did on Wall Street during this past year. What does its performance mean for the future? And your host will be wrapping up the “right back where we started” year in diesel pricing.
An early Christmas gift for the electric truck maker marks the company’s fourth investment announcement this year.
The price of hydrogen has a long way to fall to be competitive with diesel. Knowing where the price stands is a first step.
A recent big corporate writedown in the oil and gas sector was a big deal. But in this week’s Drilling Deep podcast, host John Kingston discusses that maybe it isn’t quite as big a deal as some people were making it out to be. And then we’ll shift gears and talk about one aspect of […]
New independent research reveals that lines are failing to adequately explain how IMO 2020 fuel bill surcharges are calculated.
The biodiesel blender credit reinstated by Congress Dec. 17 is a $3 billion a year boost to a less-polluting diesel fuel.
Sales mandates are gaining popularity in the world’s two largest electric vehicle markets.
Biodiesel blending is on the ropes awaiting congressional action on reinstating a tax credit.
The industry has become incredibly successful at producing lots of natural gas. That was a problem for Chevron.
Health, labor and environmental groups had urged the California Air Resources Board to pass “the most aggressive medium- and heavy-duty truck standard possible.”
A recent report by JPMorgan Chase sees a diesel market reaction coming as a result of IMO 2020, but its tone and forecast are restrained and hint at a market that is on the verge of any sort of spike in prices. In an exhaustive 100-plus-page report published by the team led by analyst Phil […]
Shipyards are facing a scrubber stampede as container lines seek to sidestep paying for low-sulfur IMO 2020 bunkers beginning on Jan. 1.
There’s still a lot that needs to happen, and Chris Midgley sees that as having potential impact on the diesel market.
Host John Kingston gives his take on last week’s OPEC meeting, the fact that we haven’t seen IMO 2020 yet in diesel prices and chats up Dave Osiecki about what’s to come in 2020.
The electrification of commercial trucks is edging closer but the industry first must go through a “messy middle” that sorts out the future of diesel and other alternative fuels.
The group is widening its cuts but in the complex math that is OPEC, the announcement sounds more than the actual reductions are likely to be.
