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ICIS energy news editor Miriam Siers talks to journalists about the stories behind their stories. Episode 7 explores the challenges involved in covering news developments on Britain’s exit from the EU for a trade audience, in an environment where Brexit news is everywhere, with Thomas Rodgers and Christopher Somers.

ICIS energy news editor Miriam Siers talks to journalists about the stories behind their stories. Episode 6 looks at the difficulty journalists face in sorting fact from fiction after false reports in April 2019 on the imminent start-up of the Sur de Texas gas pipeline to Mexico, with Claudia Espinosa.

With Germany due to phase out coal and nuclear power plants, a significant chunk of current power generation capacity is due to be removed by 2022. Market experts Roy Manuell and Tasmin Chowdhary discuss what could ease German supply tightness in the coming years. 

ICIS released its latest ICIS Power Index (IPI) analysis on Wednesday looking at how bearish wholesale power and gas prices in recent months are likely to affect the calculation of the UK retail price cap in October. ICIS editor Irina Peltegova and UK market expert/news editor Chris Somers discuss the findings of the report.

ICIS energy news editor Miriam Siers talks to journalists about the stories behind their stories. Episode 5 looks at what went into the creation of the TTF market comment on the volatile 8 April trading session, with Roy Manuell.

The EUA carbon price has surged in the past week, approaching a multi-year high. ICIS senior reporters Patrick Sykes and William Peck discuss Brexit-driven volatility in the market and the price outlook.

ICIS energy news editor Miriam Siers talks to journalists about the stories behind their stories. Episode 4 looks at using data as a storytelling tool, with Will Peck.

ICIS energy news editor Miriam Siers talks to journalists about the stories behind their stories. Episode 3 looks at Aura Sabadus’s scoop last year that Russia’s Gazprom was preventing the opening up of competition on the Romanian-Ukrainian gas pipeline.

ICIS energy news editor Miriam Siers talks to journalists about the stories behind their stories. Episode 2 looks at changing trends in growing global LNG production and their impact on European gas supply, with Julie Fisher.

ICIS Energy news editor Miriam Siers talks to journalists about the stories behind their stories. Episode 1 looks at the ongoing drama of overhauling the way gas transport tariffs are set in the UK, with Thomas Rodgers.

The NATO-backed toppling of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 carved Libya into two swathes of control. This caused the country’s production to plummet as the previously smouldering civil unrest reached a crescendo. As the eastern leader Khalifa Haftar makes a bid for control, what will happen to the country with the key to Africa’s largest proven oil reserves?

The UK is expected to exit the EU on 29 March. Uncertainly surrounds the country’s global trading future, but what does it mean for gas markets? In the event of a no-deal Brexit, companies based in the UK would lose their supply licences to France. How are suppliers adapting to this scenario in order to avoid a disruption in gas supply? Market experts Kelly Paul and Patrick Sykes discuss the impac...

Record-high volumes of LNG delivered to Europe and mild temperatures keeping a lid on domestic demand have meant a much lower reliance on Dutch storage reserves in winter so far. Market experts Alice Casagni and Patrick Sykes discuss how these fundamentals have led to an unusually high spread between the two front seasons on the Dutch gas market.

Small-scale LNG projects are increasingly in the news, but what does small-scale actually mean and what is driving demand? Market experts Rob Songer and Patrick Sykes discuss the market’s main drivers and consider the potential for demand growth in the sector.

Croatia’s proposed Krk LNG terminal has moved one step closer to realisation after a positive final investment decision last week, but the risk of saturating the market means that importers will have to find additional destinations for volumes. Market experts David Simon and Patrick Sykes discuss the project and what it means for regional flows and prices.

Just four years after Polish gas company PGNiG received its first LNG shipment, the company last week celebrated its 50th, underlining Poland’s rising status as a key source of demand in Europe. Market experts Daniel Stemler and Patrick Sykes discuss PGNiG’s import strategy for the years ahead.

Spain’s energy transition will pick up pace this year, with renewable installations expected to soar and the timeline for phasing out coal to be set. Market experts Dalila Ouerghi and Patrick Sykes discuss the upcoming changes in the Spanish energy landscape and how wholesale electricity prices in the country will react.

The Romanian government passed an emergency ordinance at the end of 2018 that threatens to wipe out liquidity on the electricity and gas markets, reverse hard-won steps towards liberalisation and push numerous energy companies into bankruptcy. In this podcast Romanian gas and power market experts Aura Sabadus and Irina Peltegova assess the outlook for the Romanian energy sector and the implication...

HOUSTON (ICIS)-- México ha avanzado bastante en la liberalización del mercado de gas natural. ¿Cómo puede cambiar este mercado el año que viene? Claudia Espinosa, editora del Mexico Energy Report comparte su perspectiva con el analista principal de energía en las Americas, James Fowler.

HOUSTON (ICIS)—How will Mexico’s natural gas market further evolve in 2019? ICIS Mexico Energy Report editor Claudia Espinosa shares her perspective with ICIS Americas senior energy analyst James Fowler.

The early closure of the Groningen gas field presents challenges for the Dutch gas market, not only in terms of security of supply but also in infrastructure. Patrick Sykes and Tom Rodgers discuss the challenges facing the Dutch gas industry.

Next year could be the busiest ever for final investment decisions in LNG export projects, according to some analysts. ICIS experts Ed Cox and Patrick Sykes discuss the state of the investment environment and which projects are best placed to go ahead.

On 1 November France’s natural gas market merged to create the Trading Region France (TRF). What has changed in terms of physical pipeline flows and has there been any impact on liquidity or prices? ICIS’ Patrick Sykes and Kelly Paul discuss the merger’s impact and ask whether key supply issues have been resolved.

Following two politically damaging federal state election results, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Monday 29 October that she would not seek re-election as the head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party at leadership elections in December. ICIS experts Roy Manuell and Tasmin Chowdhary discuss who might replace her and how the changing political situation could affect energy po...

US sanctions on Iran are set to bite on 4 November, with Indian and Chinese imports of Iranian crude already wilting. The size of the supply void remains unclear as the US considers waivers. Market experts Sophie Udubasceanu and Richard Price discuss who could bridge the gap between supply and demand and what this means for the global crude market.