Price risk
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
Q&A - Tertiary Minerals executive chairman Patrick Cheetham
Key ingredient
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
EDHEC-Risk slams France on commodity derivatives regulation
Influential risk management and analytics business school, the EDHEC-Risk Institute, has criticised France for its hardline approach to commodity derivatives market regulation on lack of evidence
Aviation bears brunt of fuel price gyrations and new rules
The price volatility seen in energy markets in recent years has had a big impact on the bottom line of many airlines, both in the form of higher prices as well as hedging losses. Pauline McCallion speaks to industry participants about the outlook for…
BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill will not push fuel switching
Experts quash fears that tighter restrictions following BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill will result in oil to gas fuel switching in the US, thus pushing up gas prices
Q&A: Shell Gas Direct’s Mike Hogg
Turning up the heat
Q&A: Wayne Mitchell, head of corporate sales, npower
Model behaviour
Mining companies vulnerable on lack of hedging programmes
A substantial number of mining companies refuse to have a hedging programme, leaving them vulnerable to a possible sharp drop in prices
Legal experts identify end-user issues under new US act
As US regulators embark on redefining over-the-counter derivatives trading, energy end-users need to be aware of how they will be categorised and the potential impact on trading costs.
Moody’s warn of Spanish power sector downgrade
Rating agency warns that a surprise Spanish government review of wholesale electricity prices could lead to a downgrade of Spain's power companies
New contract capitalises on Canadian heavy crude growth
A Canadian heavy crude oil contract launched this week will help oil market participants to exploit expected production growth in heavy crude from Canadian oil sands
CFTC and Ferc continue turf war over transmission rights
Wholesale electricity market participants yesterday called for an exemption for energy end-users from legislation that could see the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) increase its jurisdictional powers over the sector.