Jun 16, 2025 | Insight
Since its enactment by the Biden Administration in 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has played a crucial role in advancing low-carbon ammonia projects in the United States (US). In doing so, the IRA, the largest investment in clean energy in US history, has...
Mar 21, 2025 | Insight
The rising carbon cost for European refineries A few weeks ago, the FT published an article entitled “UK Steelmakers face £150mn annual bill from carbon charges, industry warns” and described the proposal to wind down free emissions allowances to industry as an...
Feb 11, 2025 | Insight
As outlined in Liz Martin’s insightful April 2024 article, refineries often hold greater strategic value for asset-backed traders than for other acquirers or even incumbent owners. This has driven a trend of major trading houses dominating refinery acquisitions,...
Sep 4, 2024 | Insight
The economic landscape in energy markets is increasingly defined by the value attributed to products with lower intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as the energy transition accelerates and governments increase direct regulations and policies. The LNG...
Mar 28, 2022 | Insight
Energex guest writer, Kevin O’Reilly offers here a unique take on the financing woes of commodities trading. The 11th Annual FT commodity summit in Lausanne attracted more attention than usual. A European war, persistent Covid-19 related supply-chain issues, and...
