Energy transition
Ex-Credit Suisse bankers founding energy risk advisory firm
Former head of power trading joins at least one ex-colleague to found Scoville Risk Partners
A Texas-sized challenge
Demand response could help resolve Texas’ shortage of generation capacity, but how should the Lone Star state retool its power markets to bring about more demand-side participation? The answer will have nationwide implications, Alexander Osipovich finds
US Henry Hub benchmark to drive European, east Asian natural gas prices: report
Growing exports of liquefied natural gas from North America and a more globalised gas market will lead the US’s Henry Hub price benchmark to become the long-term driver of natural gas prices in Europe and east Asia, according to analysts from Citi
Ice’s decision to buy gas exchange bodes well for TTF: analysts
The Title Transfer Facility natural gas hub is expected to see increased market interest, after Ice's decision to acquire a majority share in APX-Endex's gas exchange
LNG seen as big winner from nuclear decline in Japan
Japan’s decision last week to remove nuclear energy from the country’s fuel mix by 2040, is set to significantly increase the country’s short-term demand for fossil fuels, especially liquefied natural gas, say analysts
Aggressive oil hedging enables Plains E&P’s big deepwater play
Plains Exploration & Production will hedge up to 90% of its oil production for the next three years, the Houston-based company says as it reaches a deal to buy $6.1 billion of oil assets in the Gulf of Mexico from BP and Shell
Outlook for freight derivatives market
Liquidity in the dry bulk freight derivatives market dried up rapidly this year with many players exiting the market. Jay Maroo talks to market experts about their outlook for the market now and what needs to be done to kick-start it
Does commodities floor trading have a future?
Once the beating heart of global energy markets, the Nymex trading floor now seems to be in its death throes. Alexander Osipovich asks how much longer open outcry has to live – and whether we should be sorry to see it go
Cutting edge: Marketing of renewable energy in the German market
Power generated from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar has considerable influence on power markets in Western Europe. Björn Naundorf and Peter Stagge present a study in which they investigate the impact of renewable generation on intraday…
New breed of upstream oil & gas firms have increased appetite for hedging
The growth of master limited partnerships in the North American energy sector is creating a new breed of exploration and production companies with an increased appetite for hedging. The biggest of these, Linn Energy, has hedged 100% of its production out…
Energy Risk interview: chief fund manager at Japan's Astmax
Tetsu Emori, chief fund manager at commodities-focused asset manager Astmax, talks to Energy Risk about the firm’s trading strategy and his commodities outlook for Asian investors
Energy Risk interview: Bharat Petroleum's hedging programme
RK Mehra, executive director (international trade) at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, talks to Jay Maroo about his company’s commodity hedging programme, corporate hedging in India and the likely effect of any regulatory changes
US ban on crude exports receives fresh scrutiny
The shale revolution has led to talk of easing the decades-old restrictions on the export of US crude oil – but how likely is that to happen? Alexander Osipovich reports
Australia and EU carbon schemes to be linked, Australian carbon floor price dropped
Australia and the EU have made plans to link their carbon trading scheme from 2015 and Australia will drop its controversial carbon floor price.
Five myths about the build or buy debate for energy risk and valuation models
Building additional risk and valuation functionality for existing ETRM systems is very often necessary, but decisions to develop it internally are often flawed, argues Chris Strickland
Sponsored Q&A: APX-Endex
APX-Endex and Fluxys Belgium are working together to reshape the Belgian natural gas market. Christian Moger, APX-Endex’s commercial manager of the Continental spot gas markets, explains how the new market will be structured and what APX-Endex and Fluxys…