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OPIS Crash Course
Hosted by OPIS · EN
Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) provides price transparency across the global fuel supply chain so that all stakeholders can buy and sell oil products with confidence. We do this through accurate pricing, real-time news, powerful software tools and educational events and training.
Our commitment to reliability is reinforced by world-class, personalized customer service and constant innovation. OPIS listens to what customers need and responds with flexible and easy-to-use solutions. Navigating world oil markets is complex – OPIS makes it simpler.
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Investing in Climate Change
Aug 10, 202000:16:10Tap to summarizeWith continued record high global temperatures and the effects of climate change continuing to take its toll on world economies, governments have come together to reduce carbon emissions. One key method is to put a price on emissions, forcing companies that pollute to pay to do so. Learn about global carbon credit markets and how investment in a new financial index can help fight climate change.
Transcribe →How Has the Coronavirus and Oil Price War Impacted Gas, Distillate and Renewable Fuel Prices?
Apr 28, 202000:15:06Tap to summarizeCOVID-19 has decimated fuel demand, while an oil price war and OPEC+ announcements have ushered in extreme volatility for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel prices. In addition, ethanol prices have probed historic lows this year. OPIS editors Rachel Stroud-Goodrich and Jordan Godwin bring us up-to-date on the latest in traditional and renewable fuels prices.
Transcribe →Gasoline & Diesel Price 2020 Regional Trends
Mar 24, 202000:18:07Tap to summarizeGasoline and diesel prices have been utterly shaken in 2020 due to the destruction of fuel demand alongside efforts to stem the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. But lying beneath overarching oil market volatility, each U.S. spot market has its own unique drivers, expected to shape prices this year. Understand these fundamentals to help anticipate what's next.
Transcribe →Fears & Factors: What Will Impact Oil, Gasoline & Diesel Prices in 2020?
Feb 25, 202000:12:14Tap to summarizeOil, gasoline & diesel prices in 2020 have already spiked & sputtered. Prices have been influenced by traditional factors like supply & demand, but also by wildcards like geopolitics & the COVID-19 coronavirus. OPIS Chief Oil Analyst Denton Cinquegrana shares his picks for key factors that have impacted 2020 fuel prices so far & will continue to do so in the year ahead.
Transcribe →IMO 2020 Is Here! Refinery Impacts and Oil Price Analysis
Jan 6, 202000:20:37Tap to summarizeIMO 2020 regulations are now in effect, with implications stretching to gasoline and diesel prices. Pat Hemsworth, Senior VP at Paragon Global Markets and Denton Cinquegrana, chief oil analyst at OPIS join the Crash Course for IMO 2020 specifics for refiners and IMO 2020 price impacts for the bunker fuel market and beyond.
Transcribe →The Era of Change for Mexico's Gasoline and Diesel Markets
Dec 17, 201900:14:10Tap to summarizeMexico has been the setting for one of the biggest energy stories of the past decade after reform to bring private investment into the country to fulfill growing gasoline and diesel needs. There have been – and remain – hurdles to jump as the market opens. OPIS editors Daniel Rodriguez and Justin Schneewind talked to us about the evolving gasoline and diesel market landscape.
Transcribe →NGL Price Analysis & the 2020 Outlook for Propane, Butane and Ethane Exports
Nov 19, 201900:13:44Tap to summarizeNatural Gas Liquids (NGL) prices dropped aggressively during 2019, opening up opportunities & challenges for exports of propane, butane and ethane. We interviewed OPIS' Bobbie Clark and IHS Markit's Darryl Rogers for 2020 insights and a look ahead.
Transcribe →Jet Fuel Pricing 101
Oct 7, 201900:06:44Tap to summarizeFind out how jet fuel is priced and what influences the rise and fall of prices in the U.S. market, which produces nearly 2 million barrels of jet fuel a day.
Transcribe →Hurricane Impacts on Oil, Gasoline and Diesel Prices
Sep 17, 201900:16:07Tap to summarizeOil price volatility is one of the many repercussions of a hurricane. In addition to damage to life and property, hurricanes can rattle fuel supply and demand. Using recent storms as examples, two OPIS experts take us inside scenarios that can play out in the gasoline and distillate markets.
Transcribe →What Does an Oil Refinery Do?
Aug 13, 201900:16:16Tap to summarizeTwo OPIS experts give you the inside scoop on what happens inside a refinery. Find out the key units involved in producing various types of gasoline and distillate fuel, as well as what transpires when those units go offline for planned maintenance or unexpected downtime. Understand the connection between refinery units and gas and diesel prices and the options refiners have when output levels or fuel supply needs change.
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