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...
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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...
A Crude Oil Hedging Lesson From Mattress Mack - $85 and It's Free
If you live in Houston or you've spent much time here, you're certainly familiar with Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale, the owner of Gallery Furniture....
An Alternative Oil Hedging Strategy Using Three Way Collars
We've previously explored how both energy producers (see Hedging Oil Gas With Three Way Collars) and consumers (see Fuel Hedging With Three Way...
Mitigating Crude Oil Hedging Losses Caused by Three-Way Collars
On Friday we updated a previous post which explored oil and gas producer hedging with a strategy known as a three-way collar. As we noted in the...
How Will Global Oil Markets React to Tomorrow's OPEC Meeting?
While the US energy markets will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow, nearly everyone who has any interest in the global oil and gas...
Are Crude Oil Prices in the Early Days of a Sustainable Bear Market?
As crude oil prices have declined by over 20% since late June, many are now wondering, are prices approaching a bottom or are we in the early days of...
Are SDRs Exposing the Details of Large Oil Hedging Transactions?
Based on our conversations with hundreds of commodity hedgers, its safe to say that many, if not most, participants in the energy commodity markets,...