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) 2010 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 Jonty Rushforth Hong Chou Hui Jonty Rushforth, senior Asia editor for LNG, and Hong Chou Hui, Asia editor for LNG, discuss events in the spot LNG market in Asia during 2010. The Platts editors focus on factors that have lead to an increase in demand over 2008's pre-economic crisis levels, including the impact of a hot summer in North Asia on increased spot-buying activity; and provide an outlook for the winter months ahead. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Asia/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Asia/Archive/2010/sep/asia090810.mp3 8 Sep 2010 09:00:00 EST 6:09 Platts,Asia,LNG,liquefied natural gas,gas,Japan,India,spot prices,economic crisis,recession,energy Rachel Morison Paul Maguire Rachel Morison, associate editor for Platts EU Energy, provides an in-depth analysis of Regional Initiatives, focusing on their importance in the creation of a single-EU energy market, assesses the regions in Europe that have made the most progress with them; and gives an outlook for a possible time-frame for implementation of these initiatives. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/News/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/News/Archive/2010/sep/spotlight090710.mp3 7 Sep 2010 13:30:00 EST 9:03 Platts,EU,Europe,EC,single market,regional initiatives,power,natural gas,policy Bill Holland Bill Holland, associate editor for Platts Gas Daily, discusses the production of natural gas from shales spreading across the globe and the prediction that gas will become as cheap as coal and begin providing baseload generation possibilities for millions of people without electricity. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/News/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/News/Archive/2010/sep/spotlight090210.mp3 2 Sep 2010 17:00:00 EST 4:27 Platts,natural gas,shale,Europe,coal,electricity,India Andrew Bonnington Olivier Lejeune Andrew Bonnington, managing editor for Platts European Power Daily, and Olivier Lejeune, associate editor on the publication, discuss the continuing impact of the economic recession on UK and European power prices and analyze the different feedstocks used for power generation in the UK. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/News/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/News/Archive/2010/aug/spotlight082510.mp3 25 Aug 2010 11:30:00 EST 4:33 Platts,power,coal,gas,natural gas,nuclear,wind energy,wind,renewables,prices,feedstocks,UK,Europe,recession,downturn,economy,generation Robert Perkins Jamie McDuell Robert Perkins, Platts' EMEA oil news correspondent, discusses the significant increase in global oil and gas 'mega-deals', according to a recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers, focusing on mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the energy sector during the first half of 2010; assesses the extent to which oil majors are making strategic acquisitions in unconventional oil and gas reserves, including shale asset deals; and examines whether the report draws any conclusions on how M&A activity will perform going forward. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/News/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/News/Archive/2010/aug/spotlight081810.mp3 19 Aug 2010 07:00:00 EST 6:04 Platts,PricewaterhouseCoopers,PwC,M&A,mergers,acquisitions,oil,gas,mega-deals,energy,2010,majors,shale,shale gas,unconventional,reservers,asset deals Victoria Baghdjian Daniel Colover Victoria Baghdjian, editor of Platts Petrochemical Alert and Daniel Colover, Platts’ gasoline editor, discuss oversupply in the global gasoline market, which has led to reduced blending and put pressure on components such as MTBE. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Europe/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2010/aug/euromover081110.mp3 11 Aug 2010 08:30:00 EST 3:51 Platts,oil,gasoline,MTBE,petrochemicals,oversupply,blending,components,Venezuela Frank Watson Miles Austin Frank Watson, managing editor, Platts Emissions Daily, interviews Miles Austin, Director, Carbon Markets and Investors Association (CMIA), on whether there is any prospect that the EU will go ahead with its 30% emissions reduction target by 2020 in the absence of a new global treaty; assesses the expected impact a tighter cap on carbon would have on the price of allowances between now and 2020; and examines the main concerns facing investors with regard to offset rules in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/News/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/News/Archive/2010/jul/spotlight072910.mp3 2 Aug 2010 10:00:00 EST 10:06 Platts,emissions,EU,ETS,Emissions Trading Scheme,CMIA,Europe,reduction target,2020,treaty,Cancun,Copenhagen,carbon,allowances,investors Brian Scheid Christina Lee Now that the Financial Regulation Bill has passed, Energy Week’s Christina Lee talks with Platts Associate Editor Brian Scheid about his reporting on the sweeping legislation; its affect on the power and energy markets; if the first-time regulation of the over-the-counter derivatives market will drive trading overseas; and what problems might arise for commercial end-users. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/News/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/News/Archive/2010/jul/spotlight072110.mp3 21 Jul 2010 18:30:00 EST 7:35 US,OTC,financial reform bill,financial regulation bill,power,energy,regulation,over-the-counter,derivatives,trading,futures,markets David Potter Isis Almeida David Potter and Isis Almeida discuss how analysts are increasingly concerned that crops used in biofuels production, such as wheat, will be increasing hit by the lack of rain falling across Europe; the critical situation in Russia due to nine million hectares of lost crops; and indications that producers of biofuels such as ethanol will be forced to pass on price hikes to consumers. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/News/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/News/Archive/2010/jul/spotlight071310.mp3 13 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST 3:49 petrochemicals,europe,biofuels,ethanol,prices Stephanie Seay Stephanie Seay, senior editor, Platts Gas Daily, discusses the growing interest in Canadian shale plays despite the decline of Canadian natural gas production. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/News/Archive/index/ http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/News/Archive/2010/jul/spotlight070910.mp3 9 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EST 4:58 natural gas,shale,Canada,exports,imports,production