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Out of Africa
Nigeria, Libya and Algeria between them produce around 7% of theworld’s oil, a figure that is only expected to grow. With global oil suppliestight, what happens in these, sometimes unstable, oil-producing countrieswill impact heavily on global oil…
Energy efficiency
Energy efficiency is fast becoming a resource and a business in its ownright. This month’s special report takes an in-depth look at some of theadvances, challenges and opposition to this growing market
Commodity Rankings 2008
A continued growth in participants, as well as a range of newly identified emerging markets are clearly evidenced in this year’s Commodity Rankings, writes Andrew Holt
Tony Cocker
Tony Cocker, CEO of E.ON Energy Trading, is tasked with leading a new centralised European trading hub. It's a challenge he relishes, he tells Andrew Holt
Less is more
Utilities are leading the chorus for greater energy efficiency in the US. But, as David Watkins discovers, their drive to secure profits while selling less power is proving to be a major regulatory challenge
OTC space braces for energy powerhouse
CME's potential acquisition of Nymex will have major ramifications for rivals, say analysts. David Watkins reports
The business of saying no
Rising energy prices have caused an upturn in demand response - or energy curtailment - in the last two years. Elisa Wood looks at how this is impacting power markets
Currency correlations
The US dollar has undergone a 40% decline against theeuro over the past seven years. At the same time, crude oilprices have risen over 350%, and were up 57% in 2007. Theimpact of currency on the world energy markets, and whetherthere is cause or effect…
Currency correlations
While oil prices have been rising, the US dollar has staged a steady decline, leading to much speculation over the linkage between the two. Eric Fishhaut investigates their connection
A force to be reconciled with
Reconciling portfolio valuation differences between energy risk management software packages is a crucial task both in system replacements and upgrades. Brian Shydlo of Sirius Solutions introduces the concepts and techniques associated with this activity
Tready and tradable
Implementing a new energy trading and risk management system can be complicated, but the difficulty of preparing the entire business for change is often underestimated, say Michael Campbell, Cynthia Sepety and Dutch Holland of management consultancy…
Green backing
The financing of renewable energy projects is becoming more attractive, as rising demand and prices make it a safer investment. The subprime crisis will tip the balance further in favour of green investment and open up opportunities for end-users to…
Marking to the wrong model
Brett Humphreys and Sarbo Saha show how calibration can reduce model risk but may mislead us into thinking an inappropriate model is working