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LNG pricing - Moving forward
While the bulk of global LNG volumes remain locked up in opaque long-term deals, attempts are being made to introduce price transparency and a forward curve to the market. Roderick Bruce investigates
The big finance freeze
Falling oil and gas prices, the credit squeeze and the economic slump are combining to hit energy project investment, while lack of trust in financial markets has sidelined structured products. By Maria Kielmass
Slipping and sliding away
Are fundamentals behind oil's steep price increase and subsequent fall, or was it the bursting of a speculative bubble? Mauricio Bermudez-Neubauer and Paulo Homem Cristo of Point Carbon assess the impact of fundamental and non-fundamental drivers on…
Getting the measure of it
Measuring risk in the face of a lack of data is one of the greatest challenges for energy risk managers, say respondents of our risk management survey. Stella Farrington sets out this year's findings
Cultural exchange
EEX and Powernext's agreement to share their electricity spot and derivatives markets represents groundbreaking Franco-German energy market co-operation. The CEOs of both exchanges talk to Roderick Bruce about the challenges involved and what the merged…
The sum of all parts
The recent financial crisis has put enterprise-wide risk management firmly in the spotlight. Pauline McCallion looks at how this increased interest could advance ERM, and asks whether total ERM can ever be fully achieved
LNG fundamentals - Natural selection
The LNG market for Europe and Asia has been traditionally tight, but new supply looks set to change market dynamics. Katie Holliday reports
Renewables call for transmission build
Many US states have ambitious renewable energy targets, but billions need to be spent on transmission infrastructure if this new power is to come on line. Susan Arterian Chang looks at the challenges involved in creating the interstate transmission…
Paul Ezekiel
You don't need to be brain surgeon to be a successful carbon trader, but it helps, Paul Ezekiel, managing director and head of carbon trading at Credit Suisse, tells Pauline McCallion
End of the boom?
Canadian oil sands production has grown rapidly in recent years, but are rising project costs and falling oil prices now jeopardising projects? Pauline McCallion investigates
Where next for oil prices?
Despite recent steep losses, oil remains in a long-term uptrend, although this is under serious pressure. A technical analysis suggests risk remains greatest to the downside, writes David Linton of Updata
Shale shake-up
With high natural gas prices, volatility and fewer financingoptions, shale gas developers are de-risking through jointventures and more aggressive hedging programmes. CatherineLacoursière reports
How low can it go?
Oil prices have lost almost half their value since thesummer as the turmoil in the global financial marketsrages on, causing many analysts to revise down theirforecasts. Pauline McCallion finds out what they areexpecting for next year and beyond
What’s our policy?
Today’s volatile and unpredictablemarket conditions make itincreasingly important to designan overarching risk managementpolicy upon which a riskmanagement programme can bedefined and built. David Perez ofEnite offers some guidelines
Political power
Eight years after market liberalisation, Italyis launching physical electricity forwardsand financial futures, but barriers to afreely-traded transparent power marketremain. Roderick Bruce reports
Overview and static valuation
John Breslin, Les Clewlow, Tobias Elbert, Calvin Kwok and Chris Strickland illustrate how the four most common valuation methodologies can be used to optimise gas storage and trading
Bagging a bargain
The global oil sector is likely to emerge from the credit crisis with a more concentrated pool of players, but power will increasingly revolve around China and India as they tap the markets for cheap assets, finds Catherine Lacoursière
Dry bulk freight rates on a sinking ship
A combination of the credit squeeze and dwindling demand for raw materials has seen dry bulk freight rates slump to levels not seen since 2002. Peter Norfolk at SSY charts the fall
ETRM evolution
As energy trading and risk management systems become increasingly sophisticated, Rana Basu of TradeCapture looks at what users need to consider as they progress from implementing and using the most basic to the most complex systems
Turkey's political pipelines
Turkey's strategic position at the crossroads of East and West has put it at the centre of a geopolitical tug-of-war, with energy supply a key driver. Robert Amsterdam examines the energy policies being brought to bear in the region
Funds warn against stifling trade
Recent moves to increase regulation in oil markets are stifling trade and won't bring down prices, warn fund managers
Safe to come out?
As energy traders take stock after the unprecedented market turmoil of September, the Energy Risk team asks a range of key players what effects they expect the investment banking crisis to have on commodities trading and risk management