Platts Energy Spotlight Podcast is a weekly series aimed at highlighting significant news stories from around the energy world. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/News/index/ en-us Copyright (c) 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. http://www.mcgraw-hill.com Energy News http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/LANDINGPAGESXML/HeaderImages/platts-logo.gif http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/News/index/ Platts webeditor@platts.com no This is the latest in a series of weekly podcasts aimed at highlighting significant news stories from around the energy world. This is the latest in a series of weekly podcasts aimed at highlighting significant news stories from around the energy world. news,energy,power,platts,oil,coal,gas,lng,US,China,Russia,petroleum Platts jamie_mcduell@platts.com Samantha Santa Maria Chang Noh Platts Chang Noh, North American coal reporter, and Samantha Santa Maria, North American gas editor, discuss how coal-to-gas switching in the US' biggest power consuming region of the Southeast has been led by historically low natural gas prices and declining electricity margins in the near-term, but compelled by federal regulations and aggressive new power plant and pipeline builds in the long-term. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/May/spotlight15 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/May/spotlight15.mp3 15 May 2012 07:30:00 EST 12:22 Platts,natural gas,natgas,gas,coal,power,coal-to-gas,gas prices,electricity,power plant,gas pipelines Keith Chu Keith Chu, associate editor, Platts Inside Energy, discusses US Senator Ron Wyden’s announcement that, if he takes control of the Senate Energy Committee next year, he would try to pass a reveneue sharing bill and what that could mean for drilling safety legislation. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/May/spotlight11 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/May/spotlight11.mp3 11 May 2012 15:00:00 EST 2:49 Platts,oil,gas,drilling,offshore,senate,safety,legislation Jason Fordney Jason Fordney, associate editor with Platts US electric power news, discusses the controversy concerning solar storms and their effect on the electric power grid and legislation that would require the industry to make improvements and give the federal government more authority to require protective measures. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/May/spotlight10 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/May/spotlight10.mp3 10 May 2012 15:00:00 EST 5:03 Platts,electric,power,storm,geomagnetic,grid Liz Bassett Patrick Badgley Platts North American natural gas spot market editors, Liz Bassett and Patrick Badgely, discuss the markets most likely to be affected by price volatility this summer and assess the likelihood of weather conditions impacting gas demand. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/May/spotlight08 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/May/spotlight08.mp3 08 May 2012 05:00:00 EST 8:04 Platts,natual gas,gas,natgas,Marcellus,shale,gas storage,pipeline,energy,EIA,spot prices Eunice Bridges Eunice Bridges, associate editor of Platts Gas Daily, discusses why natural gas production in the US Rockies is expected to remain steady -- and even increase -- despite spot prices hovering below $2/MMBtu throughout the region. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/May/spotlight03 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/May/spotlight03.mp3 03 May 2012 12:30:00 EST 7:17 Platts,gas,natgas,Rockies,spot prices Miguel Cambeiro David Potter Miguel Cambeiro and David Potter, editors on European petrochemicals team, discuss the impact of the European butadiene contract price for May on styrene, butadiene rubber and tire producers. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/May/spotlight02 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/May/spotlight02.mp3 02 May 2012 12:30:00 EST 12:12 Platts,Platts,petrochemicals,feedstock,rubber,tires,petchems,butadiene,contract prices,styrene Ben Morse Ben Morse, senior editor, discusses buyers globally not reacting to an increase in prices in the polyethylene market. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/April/spotlight26 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/April/spotlight26.mp3 26 Apr 2012 12:30:00 EST 6:19 Platts,petrochemicals,polyethylene,demand,prices,China William Powell William Powell, outlines how despite the low carbon credentials of gas, it is still not as profitable in Europe as coal, and looks at both the issues surrounding gas contracts' indexation to oil, as well as the reaction of midstream companies to the industry's downturn. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/April/spotlight23 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/April/spotlight23.mp3 23 Apr 2012 12:30:00 EST 6:55 Platts,oil, coal, carbon MIguel Cambeiro David Potter Miguel Cambeiro and David Potter, editors on European petrochemicals team, discuss the impact of the European butadiene contract price for May on styrene, butadiene rubber and tire producers. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/May/spotlight02 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/May/spotlight02.mp3 02 May 2012 12:15:00 EST 12:12 Platts,petrochemicals,feedstock,rubber,tires,petchems,butadiene,contract prices,styrene Hong Chou Hui Platts Asia LNG managing editor Hong Chou Hui, gives an insight towards how Japanese LNG demand could affect the Asian markets in 2012. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/April/spotlight13 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/April/spotlight13.mp3 13 Apr 2012 07:00:00 EST 10:53 Platts,natural gas, oil, LNG, Asia, Japan Esther Whieldon Esther Whieldon, associate editor, discusses the year-long attempt by Duke Energy to buy Progress Energy, which would make Duke one of the largest electric utilities in the United States with roughly 7 million electric customers. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/April/spotlight11 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/April/spotlight11.mp3 11 Apr 2012 15:30:00 EST 6:31 Platts,Duke,Progress,power,electric,utilities,merger,FERC Miguel Cambeiro David Potter NWE petrochemical editor, and Miguel Cambeiro, senior petrochemical editor, discuss how the orthoxylene market is set to strengthen further on its own good domestic demand/tight supply fundamentals, despite volatile Asian export market. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/April/spotlight05 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/April/spotlight05.mp3 05 Apr 2012 07:30:00 EST 6:50 Platts,petrochemicals,petrochemical,petchems,orthoxylene,paraxylene,demand,supply,Asia,NWE,exports Eunice Bridges Eunice Bridges, assistant editor, discusses the reasons behind a drilling pullback in the Montney Shale in Western Canada when producers are not pulling back in other liquids-rich plays such as the Eagle Ford in South Texas. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/April/spotlight02 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/April/spotlight02.mp3 02 Apr 2012 13:30:00 EST 7:11 Platts,gas,natural gas,Montney,shale,drilling,gas liquids Elizabeth Bassett Elizabeth Bassett, North American natural gas reporter, explains how various energy companies are planning to build new pipelines and processing plants in the Utica Shale to take advantage of possible natural gas and natural gas liquids there, and the new projects could mean more money and jobs for Ohio. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/March/spotlight29 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/March/spotlight29.mp3 29 Mar 2012 13:30:00 EST 7:05 Platts,gas,natural gas,Utica,shale,pipelines,processing plants,gas liquids Ben Morse Ben Morse, senior editor, discusses the US polyethylene market and how costs, not demand, have driven up prices in the first quarter of 2012. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/March/spotlight22 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/March/spotlight22.mp3 22 Mar 2012 16:00:00 EST 5:56 Platts,oil,petrochemicals,polyethylene,US,Asia,China,prices Guilherme Kfouri Maria Tsay Guilherme Kfouri, associate editor for Platts EMEA fuel ethanol, and Maria Tsay, assistant editor for Platts EMEA biodiesel, discuss factors that have been pressuring European biofuels markets in the first quarter of 2012. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/March/spotlight21 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/March/spotlight21.mp3 21 Mar 2012 08:00:00 EST 5:25 Platts,oil,petrochemicals,biofuel,ethanol Cathy Cash Cathy Cash, senior editor, discusses a case before the appeals court, Coalition for Responsible Regulation versus EPA, which consolidates four major challenges to the federal government’s ability to tackle greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources for the first time. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/March/spotlight19 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/March/spotlight19.mp3 19 Mar 2012 15:00:00 EST 11:21 Platts,GHG,greenhouse,gas,EPA,government,emissions Patrick Badgley Patrick Badgley, associate editor covering the natural gas spot markets, discusses the high levels of gas remaining in storage after a mild winter, shale as a game changer, and strict EPA rules that could lead to more natural gas development in lieu of coal. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/March/spotlight13 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/March/spotlight13.mp3 13 Mar 2012 15:00:00 EST 6:22 Platts,natural gas,storage,winter,EPA,coal Joycelyn Chua Ng Baoying Joycelyn Chua, associate editor for mixed xylene, and Ng Baoying, associate editor for the Platts Asia Petrochemicals team, discuss how the rise of Asian isomer-grade mixed xylene prices to record levels could be the result of more than just firm paraxylene prices. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/March/spotlight08 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/March/spotlight08.mp3 08 Mar 2012 08:00:00 EST 8:08 Platts,petrochemicals,paraxylene,xylene,PX Nadia Rodova Stuart Elliott Stuart Elliott, Platts senior managing editor for Europe & Africa oil news, and Nadia Rodova, Platts Moscow bureau chief, discuss Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's chances of victory in the upcoming presidential election; focus on the likelihood of changes to energy policy in the country; and examine how Russia might best maintain its position as a global oil and gas superpower. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/March/spotlight01 http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/Archive/2012/March/spotlight01.mp3 01 Mar 2012 10:45:00 EST 10:39 Platts,Russia,oil,gas,energy,energy policy,Putin,elections,offshore,Rosneft,Gazprom Bernardo Fallas Bernardo Fallas, associate editor for Platts petrochemicals, describes how crude refiners are facing low margins, which curtails the supply of refinery grade propylene, which in turn affects the polypropylene side of the downstream markets. The short-term outlook for propylene will continue to be tight whereas the long-term outlook could involve building more all-purpose propylene plants. https://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/Spotlight/2012/February/spotlight28 https://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Spotlight/2012/February/spotlight28.mp3 28 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST 6:49 Platts,propylene,polypropylene,petrochemicals,crude,oil,refining,US