The Price of Everything

Investment banking in SAF markets, how "hot" SAF is right now globally, the costs associated with commercial scale, and much more.

Russell Robertson from the Dubai Mercantile Exchange takes us into the workings of the Middle East crude market.

Rustin Edwards, Head of Energy Procurement and Risk Management at Euronav NV, takes us through the bunker fuels space.

Kasper Spitzen, Commercial Manager at SkyNRG joins us to guide us through the SAF markets.

BeZero's Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer joins us for episode one of the new series.

We discuss changes afoot in the European gasoline market and how General Index is pitching an exciting new model for pricing the key regional ‘Eurobob’ benchmarks.

The proposals to reform Dated Brent, what lies beyond Brent, and, as we reach the end of the series, ask has it been an effective pricing tool?

The galaxy of Brent prices, the impact of declining North Sea oil production, and the latest proposals to reform the Dated Brent benchmark.

Brent reform in the early 2000s, and we get Mark's verdict on the benchmark’s remarkable survival story.

We explore how Mark first got interested in oil, how he made the leap into trading from refining, and discuss Shell’s role in Brent market standardisation.

We return to the 1980s to explore the background to the Dated Brent benchmark, the role of the PRAs, and why price benchmarks became integral to the functioning of oil markets.

The proliferation of trading around Brent crude oil, the role of the so-called ‘Wall Street Refiners’, and our guests offer their take on the Brent benchmark.

North Sea oil discoveries, the role of the British National Oil Corporation (BNOC) in pricing, and why London made sense as the hub for a new industry of oil trading.

In the second of a two-parter, we discuss how the oil trade grew outside of the USA in the years around WWI-WWII, the IOCs vs NOCs, price benchmarks in the 1970s/80s, and the factors behind the growth of ‘free’ oil markets which lay the groundwork for the Brent benchmark to emerge.

In the first of a two-parter, we return to the 1860s and the origins of the modern traded market, find out who were the ‘Dump Men’ of Oil Creek, and explore the role of Standard Oil and Rockefeller on pricing.