Energy Risk
Andrew Polydor
Tullett Prebon Energy's managing director EMEA Andrew Polydor talks with Oliver Holtaway about his optimistic outlook and his competitive approach to charity auction dinners
The hunt for talent
Demand for experienced oil traders has never been fiercer with ever more companies competing for a finite talent pool. Securing oil traders in 2008 will be tough, and some firms may be forced to alter their business models in order to survive, writes…
Counting the costs
The cost of much needed oil exploration and production projects has spiralled recently. Roderick Bruce looks at what is driving the cost rises and what their effect may be
Closer to the asset
As physical oil trading is increasingly influenced by supply and logistics issues, integrating specialised operational aspects into commercial risk models has become key. David Newton, CEO of TradeCapture, looks at how these challenges are changing…
Weathering the subprime meltdown
While conventional markets have been battered by the subprime crisis, weather market players have enjoyed high returns. Investing in weather derivatives provides insulation from volatile, chaos-prone and unpredictable human decision-making processes,…
Mixed reception to oversight efforts
Attempts by the US Senate to grant the CFTC greater market oversight have met with a mixed response, writes David Watkins
First Indian power exchange launched
Market technology firm Financial Technologies (FTIL) and Power Trading Corporation (PTC), a public-private partnership aimed at developing India’s power markets, have launched the New Delhi-based Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), the country’s first…
JP Morgan and Chemoil form alliance
Investment bank JP Morgan and fuel supplier Chemoil Energy have formed a strategic alliance to cross-market physical and financial energy products to their respective clients.
US cannot cope with power demand: NERC
Electricity usage in the US is projected to grow more than twice as fast as capacity growth over the next 10 years, NERC has warned in its 2007 long-term reliability assessment. David Watkins reports
Crude price surges past $95
Crude oil futures closed at a new record high Wednesday, driven by U.S. crude inventories dropping to the lowest level in two years and a falling dollar following the Federal Reserve’s rate cut.
ICE and Platts partner on pricing
Commodities information provider Platts is to integrate OTC market data from IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) into its forward curve data products for North American gas and power markets.
Federal carbon trading bill to be "passed next year,” says lawmaker
A Democrat on the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee says that a carbon cap and trade bill could be passed in the United States as soon as the middle of 2008.
Crude oil sets new price record
Crude oil futures closed at a new record high Monday, driven by tight fundamentals, geopolitical tensions and a production setback in Mexico.
Macquarie consortium buys US utility
A consortium of infrastructure investors led by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners (MIP) has purchased utility company Puget Energy, based in Washington State.