Oil & Gas Hedging Without Futures, Swaps & Options
Financial derivatives do not always provide satisfactory risk mitigation. Your risk profile may be more deeply exposed to risks beyond commodity...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
As Oil Prices Decline, Who is Well Hedged and Who is Not?
Given the decline in oil prices we've recently received several inquiries asking who is well hedged and who is not, particularly among the various...
The Fundamentals of Oil & Gas Hedging - Updated
While the basic fundamentals of energy hedging and risk management don't change very often, the prices at which one can hedge clearly do. As such, we...
Crude Oil Hedging in An Uncertain Environment - $30 or $200
WTI has traded in a volatile range lately, as have Brent and all other grades of crude oil. The prompt WTI crude oil contract lost more than 8% of...
A Layman's Explanation of the "Famous" Crude Oil Storage Trade
In recent weeks, there have been a lot of stories floating around about the "oil storage trade" but we've yet to see a good layman's explanation of...
What's Driving the Brent-WTI Crude Oil Spread Towards Zero?
While NYMEX natural gas futures are often referred to as the widowmaker of the energy trading world, the recent collapse in the Brent-WTI crude oil...