Energy trading

• Risk management

Banks take shelter in derivatives

While some banks have found the weather derivatives market a non-starter, others are doing deals worth more than $100 million. Eurof Thomas reports

• 02 May 2002

• Gas/LNG

Stand-off over hub plans

German firms Ruhrgas and BEB Erdgas & Erdöl and Norway’s Statoil say they want to work with Gasunie on developing the northwest European natural gas trading hub. Gasunie is making similar noises. So why the separate plans, asks Peter Joy

• 02 Apr 2002

• Risk management

When the wind doesn’t blow

In light of the increased interest in investing in renewable energy following the publication of the EU renewables directive in September, David Pethick, Rebecca Calder and Chris Clancy suggest a method of reducing wind risk

• 02 Mar 2002

• Risk management

Airlines tackle price turbulence

Industry woes force airlines to get serious about improving efficiencies, including implementing new hedging and procurement tools, as Don Stowers discovers

• 02 Mar 2002

• Gas/LNG

LNG comes in from the cold

Will the current rise in activity in the liquefied natural gas industry result in the product being traded in the same way as other commodities? By Eurof Thomas

• 02 Jan 2002