Is The Time Nigh For Consumer Natural Gas Hedging?
Despite the fact that January is supposed to be the beginning of peak winter demand for natural gas, prices continue to plummet due to a combination...
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Commodity Index Reweightings To Impact Crude Oil Hedging?
While most oil market participants are focusing on Iran, Petrolplus and numerous other macro and micro variables, many are missing the elephant in...
NYMEX-CME, ICE and DOE-EIA Holiday Schedules
For those of you who have hedging needs to take care of over holidays, the trading calendars for NYMEX-CME and ICE energy products as well as the...
Sovereign State Oil Hedging On The Rise?
For an update on sovereign oil hedging activities, see the following article: A New Look At Sovereign Oil Hedging Strategies. While many are of the...
Natural Gas - Highlights Of The Year In Review
On Friday the EIA released their 2010 Natural Gas Year In Review, the agency's annual report on the natural gas market. A few of the highlights:...
An Update On Dodd-Frank And How It Will Impact Energy Markets
As we've expressed on more than one occasion, there is serious concern among energy "end-users" that Dodd-Frank will be implemented in a way, which...
Brent-WTI Crude Oil Spread Continues to Collapse
After topping out in October at $27.88/BBL, the Brent-WTI spread continues to collapse, settling yesterday at $8.82/BBL, the lowest level in nearly a...
Is Today An Ideal Day To Begin Hedging Your Energy Price Risk?
As energy hedging advisors we're asked on nearly a daily a basis whether now is a good time to begin hedging crude oil, electricity, gasoline, diesel...
Hedging Crude Oil Via Deferred Cost Floors
Since bottoming near $77/BBL in early October, the 2012 WTI calendar strip has increased by more than $20 a barrel, trading as high as $101 in mid...
Thanksgiving Special - The Energy Markets Never Sleep
While our office and most of the US markets are closed for the Thanksgiving holiday, we wanted to pass along some great holiday reading material that...