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ESG

Clean energy is driving coal’s decline in the Philippines, not LNG

Some 84 per cent of the crude oil and condensate, and 83 per cent of the LNG that move through the Strait of Hormuz go to Asian markets in 2024, estimates the US Energy Information Administration.
International
COMMODITY INSIGHTS

Possible Hormuz blockade threatens Asia’s energy lifeline, unsettling oil market

A gas flare at Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery and terminal in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
Global Enterprise
COMMODITY INSIGHTS

Oil surge puts Singapore on alert as Strait of Hormuz risk grows

Previous conflicts between Israel and Iran over the last year had limited impact on oil prices, on a medium-term horizon, says an analyst. A key reason behind this is that the US is now a major producer of crude oil.
Companies & Markets

SGX-listed energy stocks surge, regional names mixed, as oil prices rally on Israel-Iran conflict 

BMI expects electricity prices in the region to rise modestly over 2025 for various reasons.
ESG

Asia’s electricity prices to be increasingly impacted by renewables: BMI

ST_31.01.2016_1603170994/pixbukom/Mark Cheong // Pulau Bukom seen at sunset from the Sentosa Golf Club on 31 January, 2016. Can be used for stories on Pulau Bukom, ships, boats, oil refinery, oil, islands, pollution, sunset and Singapore.
Companies & Markets
COMMODITY INSIGHTS

Stirred but not shaken, Singapore’s oil hub status could see opportunities from US tariff poser

(From left) CIO of Aquila Clean Energy Apac Achal Sondhi, CFO of MET Asia Energy Max Mo, Head of Power Trading Apac at Axpo Lee Bradshaw, and Marc Ostwald, chief economist and global strategist research at ADM Investor Services International speak at the panel.
Companies & Markets

China, India natural gas imports will impact Apac prices: panellists

Selling oil at lower prices with higher production isn’t viable without increased profitability, limiting significant price drops, says an analyst
Energy & Commodities

Trump’s ‘drill baby, drill’ push rattles oil markets, but economics may limit impact

US president-elect Donald Trump (left) with French President Emmanuel Macron (centre) and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris. Trump has said he can end the conflict quickly after he takes office in January.
International
NEWS ANALYSIS

Trump’s big promise to reach peace deal with Putin to end Ukraine war is questionable

Food inflation was unchanged at 2.6 per cent, as the prices of non-cooked food and food services rose at a similar pace in September and October.
Singapore

Economists trim inflation forecasts after Singapore’s October core, headline inflation reach lowest since 2021

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