Oil & refined products
Brian O'Cathain, CEO, Afren
Brian O'Cathain, CEO of oil exploration company Afren, talks with Eithne Treanor about the risks and rewards facing small oil companies in Africa.
Exchanging futures
There's no doubt that Andy Gooch takes the helm at Nymex Europe Limited in interesting times. While NEL's trading floor is in danger of closure, arch rival IntercontinentalExchange's new WTI contract has gained significant volume
Air India starts fuel hedging
Air India has become the first airline in India to hedge its jet fuel price risk, using commodity derivatives contracts at the end of February for the first time.
Nymex’s side-by-side trading seen as deathknell to floor
The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) will introduce side-by-side electronic and open-outcry trading in its physically settled energy futures contracts in the second quarter of 2006.
Ice Futures to launch WTI contract
Ice Futures will launch a cash-settled West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light sweet crude oil futures contract on February 3. The contract will be automatically available to all users with access to Ice Futures oil contracts.
Pioneers Oil: David Hufton
Today it's almost impossible to imagine an energy world without a mature, liquid oil market at its heart. Yet the development of the world's biggest commodity market was not a natural inevitability - it took the hard work and tenacity of a small and…
Matthew Simmons
Few discussions of the world's future oil supply take place these days without reference to Matthew Simmons. He talks to Stella Farrington
Francis Van Der Velde
Francis Van Der Velde of Brussels-based Fuel Purchasing & Consulting is more aware than most of the pain airlines are suffering
How long will the shopping spree last?
China appears set on a programme of foreign energy asset acquisition. Maria Kielmas looks into the implications for the energy industry