Gas
Winds of change will continue to roar for energy markets
Ten years ago, economists were sanguine amid the ‘great moderation' and the energy industry was fretting about peaking worldwide oil supplies. There is no predicting the future, writes energy market veteran Vincent Kaminski, but it is sure to be a leap…
Liquidity biggest worry for RWE Supply & Trading CRO
The varied career of Uwe Schulz, CRO of RWE Supply & Trading, has led him to appreciate the dangers of liquidity risk – something that is particularly relevant in today’s energy market environment
Q&A: Ercot's Doggett on wind power surge and EPA rules
Texas has emerged as a leader in renewables, forcing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (Ercot) to improve its forecasting and consider changes to the way its electricity market operates. Trip Doggett, Ercot's outgoing president and chief…
Video: E.on Global Commodities CRO David Port
Port comments on how risk management will be affected by Uniper spin-off
Video: Enron 'best' and 'lowest' career moment, says Kaminski
Vincent Kaminski opines on topics including the "best" and "lowest" moment of his career, financial regulation, oil fundamentals and European energy markets in a wide-ranging interview filmed at Energy Risk Summit USA
Report highlights decline in US gas price reporting
Fewer US energy firms are reporting gas trades to Platts and other index publishers, amid shifts in market structure and fears of regulatory risk
Highlights from Energy Risk Summit Europe 2015
Exclusive coverage of the annual congress for energy traders and risk managers, held on June 24-25 in London
European utilities face 'perfect storm', says Engie's Cirelli
Utility giants are already in deep trouble and urgently need to overhaul their business models, the former chief executive of Gaz de France told Energy Risk Summit Europe
Impact of Mifid II on commodities sparks heated debate
Industry representatives and regulators clashed while discussing tightened rules on commodity dealers under Mifid II at Energy Risk Summit Europe
Live coverage: Energy Risk Summit Europe 2015 - Day 1
Follow real-time highlights from Energy Risk's annual gathering of energy traders and risk managers in London
Video: Prices and regulation posing challenges, says NRG's Mackey
Glenn Mackey, CRO of NRG Energy, says low commodity prices and new rules are major concerns in a video interview at Energy Risk Summit USA in Houston
Quant ideas: Do we need realistic models?
It is often assumed that realistic models are a prerequisite for successful risk management, but this is not necessarily true. While using any model blindly can be extremely dangerous, simple Black-Scholes or Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models are more than…
Oil collapse fails to dent zeal for hub-based gas pricing
In recent years, European buyers of natural gas have pushed strongly in favour of contract pricing based on the continent's gas hubs, rather than more traditional formulas linked to the price of oil. Given the huge drop in crude prices, has this stance…
Oil dive increases importance of trading, says Statoil
Asset-based trading seen as crucial by Statoil in environment of lower oil prices
Energy Risk Awards 2015 now open for entries
Awards recognise excellence across global commodities market
Pemex ramps up risk management amid energy reform
Mexico's energy reform is leading state-owned oil and gas giant Petróleos Mexicanos to boost its risk management activities and consider new strategies for commodity hedging
European gas trading has bright future, panel says
Natural gas is staging a comeback in Europe after being squeezed out by coal during the past few years, according to a panel of market participants who spoke at Energy Risk Summit Europe
Energy Risk Asia Energy Finance House of the Year: SG CIB
Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking is using its technical skills to win innovative and complex energy finance deals across Asia
UK competition probe will 'rebuild trust' says EDF Energy chief
Vincent de Rivaz, the chief executive of supplier EDF Energy, says he supports a proposal by Ofgem to refer the UK energy market to the Competition and Markets Authority
European gas hubs stand to benefit from crisis in Ukraine
Escalating tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine have taken energy market participants by surprise. With the potential for tougher sanctions, industry observers believe one outcome could be an acceleration of Europe's shift away from oil…
More work required on Remit reporting, firms say
Back-loading, self-reporting and non-standard trades continue to pose major obstacles to compliance with Remit, say energy trading firms
OIES trying to fuel debate on energy markets, says Fattouh
Unlike other research houses, the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies does not toe a single editorial line and occasionally publishes opposing views on the same topic. But far from being a drawback, that is what makes the institute great, argues…
Classic cutting edge: Swing options and the quest for valuation
Energy Risk presents a classic paper on swing options pricing by Patrick Jaillet, Ehud Ronn and Stathis Tompaidis, which was first published in 1998. It introduced the so-called binomial forest method, which was influential in the development of pricing…
New FCA deadline for power and gas forwards ‘more realistic’, says industry
A decision to delay a deadline for brokers to review their classifications of physically settled gas and power forwards by two months has been welcomed by industry participants