Ideas, strategies, and viewpoints on the global energy commodity markets.

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Six Tips to Better Manage Your Energy Budget: Hedging & Procurement

Managing an energy budget can be a difficult task to say the least. Natural gas, fuel and electricity markets are complex and volatile. Not to mention, energy costs are often one of the major operating expenses for most commercial and industrial...

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Oil & Gas Producer Hedging & Financing - A Legal Perspective

This is a guest post by Jeff Nichols, partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP in Houston. Jeff represents a variety of clients in the energy and finance...

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Energy Hedging Myths Demystified - Part I

This post in the first of a new series where we'll be demystifying various myths related to energy hedging, myths which we hear repeated all too...

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Constructing a Hedging Matrix for Oil & Gas Producers

When meeting with potential clients one of the topics we always discuss is their risk tolerance as it relates to their risk profile, hedging goals...

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Sovereign Oil & Gas Hedging - A Different Perspective

How Do Sovereign Energy Companies Influence Commodity Markets and Expectations? Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) makes headlines about once per year with...

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Energy Hedging Advisory Firm of the Year

We're thrilled to announce that Energy Risk has awarded us Hedging Advisory Firm of the Year. Regarded as the benchmark awards for the global energy...

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An Update on Mattress Mack's Crude Oil Trade

Last January in a post titled A Crude Oil Hedging Lesson From Mattress Mack - $85 and It's Free, we highlighted Gallery Furniture's "Biggest...

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The Fundamentals of Diesel Fuel Hedging - Swaps

Given the recent decline in crude oil prices, and in turn, diesel fuel prices, we thought it would be beneficial to address various diesel fuel...

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Natural Gas Hedging & Marketing in a $2.00/MMBtu & 4 TCF Market

The EIA will release its weekly natural gas storage report tomorrow (one day early due to the Thanksgiving holiday) and it’s likely the agency will...

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The Intersection of Oil Prices, Bunker Hedging, Cash & Credit

In June 2014, Brent crude oil traded as high as $115 per barrel, only to collapse and trade as low as $45 a barrel in January this year. After...

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