Shale
Video: BP Energy Company's CRO on data and the impact of new fundamentals
Profound changes in energy market fundamentals are making historical data less and less useful, says Gary Taylor
Commodity finance house of the year: Societe Generale
Energy Risk Awards 2017: French bank shows breadth of strengths across energies
Deal of the year: Societe Generale
Energy Risk Awards 2017: SocGen helps turn Castleton into major East Texan shale participant
US shale fluffing its feathers in mating dance with banks
Cash-addicted producers are making greater use of hedging to attract loans
M&A activity surges for well-hedged shale operators
Deal volumes in the US shale sector have soared as operators slash costs and hedge against increasing fears of falling oil prices
‘Wrong type of liquidity’ spells trouble for energy hedges
Cyclical lull conceals structural shift as liquidity becomes shorter-dated and more flighty
The shale revolution devours its children
After a few years of irrational exuberance, US oil drillers are feeling the pain
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…
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
Oil prices collapse: assessing the ‘known unknowns’
Predicting the future for oil prices is a losing game due to the complexity of the market. But some pieces of critical information are often widely missed, argues Vincent Kaminski, including several potential risks to firms associated with North American…
Energy evolution set to reshape risk management
During the next 20 years, the energy industry is expected to undergo transformational technological change, shaking up traditional patterns of correlation between different energy markets and creating demand for new types of instruments and more…
Quant energy models need greater emphasis on fundamentals
Boom in shale oil and gas extraction, and growth in renewables underline importance of reflecting fundamental factors in quant models, argue experts
Is European shale a game-changer for the gas markets?
While shale gas has been a game-changer in the US markets, its impact has been more muted in Europe, with environmental concerns preventing fracking in several countries. Jay Maroo looks at the future of shale gas in Europe and asks how big an impact…
US oil and gas M&A at $39 billion
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the oil and gas sector registered a rise in average deal value, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report
LNG, shale impact on US nat gas: Rodney Malcolm, Citigroup
Citigroup commodities head Rodney Malcolm discusses the natural gas market, focusing on how liquefied natural gas (LNG) and shale gas production are likely to impact regional markets and the global gas market
S&P: Negative hedging outlook for nat gas producers
High natural gas supply, weak prices to continue; non-investment grade producers to suffer as current hedges roll off
CNOOC and Chesapeake announce second shale deal
Chinese E&P company CNOOC has announced a $1.3 billion deal to purchase a 33.3% stake in some of US producer Chesapeake's shale assets
US E&P to shift from gas to liquids in 2011
Liquids-rich plays attract attention as the low natural gas price outlook continues
Low natural gas prices push producers to oil
US producers move to oil plays, 2011 natural gas hedging programmes not expected to support current production levels
Experts doubt impact from environmental study on gas prices
The US EPA continues hydraulic fracturing investigation but experts predict negligible effect on near-term natural gas prices