ICIS - energy podcasts

Reporters Laura Raus, Irina Peltegova and Ellie Chambers discuss highlights of the Energy Risk Balkans conference which took place in Sofia, including the Romanian parliament’s plans to lift a ban on bilateral power trading outside of the exchange OPCOM and the future of Bulgaria in the regional electricity market coupling.

LNG trades that result in cargoes being delivered to Europe will need to be reported under EU energy transparency legislation from early April. Despite the impending deadline, ICIS LNG experts Ed Cox and Josie Shillito discuss the many unresolved questions on the specifics of the reports that need to be filed.

Trade is starting to grow at Spain’s natural gas hub since the turn of the year as new rules mean shippers face harsher financial punishment for being out of balance. Market reporters Christopher Rene and Robert Songer discuss January’s introduction of new imbalance penalties and why liquidity could grow further later in the year.

Earlier this week the PRISMA platform auctioned natural gas border capacity on a range of European entry points up to Gas Year 2034, with six sales going beyond the first round. Gas editor Tomas Marzec-Manser and deputy editor Ben Samuel discuss which auctions were most successful and what is their potential outcome on European gas markets.

Announcements of UK coal plants coming offline this year have squeezed capacity margins for the upcoming winter. ICIS energy reporters Christopher Rene and Henry Evans discuss what this means for the UK wholesale market and how demand might outstrip supply next winter.

A leaked document has revealed the latest European Commission plans for gas tariff rules across the EU. ICIS experts Ben Lee and Miriam Siers look to what could happen next.

As the first cargo leaves US LNG terminal Sabine Pass, LNG Editor Ed Cox and News Editor Fionn O'Raghallaigh discuss the potential impact for the European gas markets in this ICIS Energy Podcast.

The European Commission has just outlined its new regulation for security of gas supply. Managing editor Isabel Save and ICIS gas expert Miriam Siers discuss the commission’s plans to encourage new market participants in order overcome reliance on Russia’s state-owned Gazprom in eastern Europe.

Stranded assets within the European energy industry is the subject of this podcast with ICIS EU regulation experts Miriam Siers and Claire Wilson.

The European Commission this week officially proposed a delay to the start of updated Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) financial regulations, which are likely to impact the energy commodity sector. ICIS staff Ben Lee and Fionn O’Raghallaigh discuss the implications and next steps before MiFID II becomes active.

The share of gas supply contracts that are indexed to crude oil is decreasing in Europe. Yet, ICIS data shows the correlation between crude oil and gas prices continues to stay high – and has, in fact, increased since 2013. ICIS gas experts Emma Slawinski and Jake Horslen discuss why oil still makes a difference and how much it will in the future.

LNG reloads from northwest European terminals have increased recently, with demand for spot volumes coming from the Middle East. Managing editor Isabel Save talks to LNG specialist Ranjana MK and European gas reporter Jake Horslen to find out why this is happening and what impact it could have on global gas markets.

This week BG Group shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of a takeover by Anglo Dutch Shell. Isabel Save talks to Ed Cox about what this might mean for the two companies and the LNG market.

Gas-fired electricity generation in the UK is looking increasingly more profitable than using coal. In Germany, coal-fuelled power still comes out on top financially most of the time but the gap between the two fuels is narrowing. Deputy news editor Miriam Siers discusses with ICIS energy specialists Ben Lee and Doug Grant.

Last week's energy market highlights included spikes in continental European power spot prices and discussions around the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Reporter Ben Lee talks to gas expert Tom Marzec-Manser and electricity reporter Joachim Moxon in the latest weekly podcast.

Turkish electricity prices have been low in 2016 so far, but tension remains over potential gas supply disruption. Aura Sabadus and Kirsty Ayakwah, ICIS specialists watching Turkish energy markets, discuss.

The first LNG cargo from Sabine Pass in the US that was scheduled for January has been delayed until February or March, according to US producer Cheniere. With gas fundamentals relatively weak, the impact of the news on the market is limited. ICIS LNG and gas specialists Ed Cox and Tom Marzec-Manser discuss the events and the market reaction with Miriam Siers.

New LNG volumes will be coming to the LNG market from the US and Australia in 2016. Global LNG editor Edward Cox and deputy editor Josie Shillito look at how these new volumes will shape the global LNG outlook for the 12 months ahead.

Wholesale gas prices at key European markets began the year going up. However, the fundamental outlook for 2016 on both gas and power markets remains weak. ICIS power specialist Jamie Stewart discusses the year ahead with gas colleague Ben Samuel.

Emissions allowance prices on both sides of the Atlantic have been rising in 2015. ICIS carbon journalists Ben Lee and Dan McGraw discuss why this happened and what drivers to expect going forward.

The long-overdue launch of Spanish gas exchange MIBGAS, and the creation of multiple ‘NEMOs’ responsible for electricity market coupling, are the subjects of this week’s ICIS energy podcast featuring news editor Fionn O’ Raghallaigh and reporters Joachim Moxon and Rob Songer.

Nations arrived at a landmark global climate deal in Paris in mid-December. ICIS journalist Ben Lee talks to Yann Andreassen from ICIS analysts Tschach Solutions about what the Paris agreement means for carbon markets.

After a period of support in the wholesale energy market, prices have reverted to the downward trend that has come to dominate 2015. Managing editor Isabel Save talks to reporters Thomas Rodgers and Laura Raus about why the bears have returned and how prices could look in 2016.

Iran reduced gas flows to Turkey on Tuesday while Russia is feared to cut its flows to Turkey after downing of a fighter yet deteriorated relations between the two countries. Turkish Energy Hub Daily editor Aura Sabadus and European Gas Markets reporter Elizabeth Stonor discuss how exposed Turkey is to a gas crisis this winter in light of these developments.

The electricity market needs to adapt to the mass onset of renewable energy with variable output. ICIS electricity expert Jamie Stewart reports from November’s EMART Energy conference in Barcelona on how this can be achieved.