Watch the Market, but Stick to Your Strategy Watch the Market, but Stick to Your Strategy The annual Hedging Survey is a chance to look at the past season’s pricing and challenges, and get expert insight on how to plan for… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/2024-hedging-survey/
How you schedule your hedges has more impact than you might realize How you schedule your hedges has more impact than you might realize With the 2023-2024 heating season drawing to a close, you are likely looking at your price program offerings… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/smart-hedging-strategy-can-withstand-market-forces/
It’s a good time to look back before looking forward! It’s a good time to look back before looking forward! As we approach the end of the heating season, it makes sense to review the performance of your forward sales programs.… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/four-key-metrics-your-hedging-strategy/
Reviewing the market forces that will affect fuel prices in 2024 Reviewing the market forces that will affect fuel prices in 2024 The year 2023 was a rollercoaster for the crude oil market, which experienced high price volatility due to… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/market-forecast-what-watch/
Heavy demand or supply shocks could lead to a price blowout Heavy demand or supply shocks could lead to a price blowout Cash market differentials to NYMEX HO (ULSD) futures spiked early last heating season, with weak stock levels at the… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/wrangling-cash-market-differentials-and-crack-spreads/
Echoes of last year in backwardated markets and rising prices. Echoes of last year in backwardated markets and rising prices. Though we are a year and a half removed from the oil price shock precipitated by the Russia invasion of Ukraine, the… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/it-deja-vu-all-over-again/
Losses in imports and lower production add additional pressure to anemic US inventories Losses in imports and lower production add additional pressure to anemic US inventories During the 2022-2023 heating season, we saw U.S. distillate supplies fall to critically… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/another-basis-blowout-brewing/
Inflation, Recession Fears Moderate Price Pressures Inflation, Recession Fears Moderate Price Pressures Oil prices this June were a far cry from the sky-high prices we saw one year ago, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/opec-and-russian-cuts-not-affecting-oil-prices-expected/
Learn from last year and resolve supply issues before they arise. Learn from last year and resolve supply issues before they arise. Last year, energy marketers were facing an oddity they hadn’t encountered for some time; the prospect of… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/it-time-consider-supply-contracts/
Setting your company up for price certainty in a volatile market Setting your company up for price certainty in a volatile market Hedging is a risk management strategy used by players in financial markets to protect themselves against adverse… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/its-hedging-season/
OPEC and Russia Announce Production Cuts OPEC and Russia Announce Production Cuts West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures prices plummeted nearly 50 percent lower from a summer 2022 high of $123.68/bbl to a low… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/tightening-markets-ahead/
There hasn’t been a “normal” year for our annual Hedging Survey in quite some time There hasn’t been a “normal” year for our annual Hedging Survey in quite some time There hasn’t been a “normal” year for our annual Hedging Survey in quite some time. In 2020,… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/2023-hedging-survey/
Knee-jerk reactions to every crisis are bound to lead to buyer’s remorse Knee-jerk reactions to every crisis are bound to lead to buyer’s remorse I’ve become wary of making the last year’s crisis the prime focus for dealing with or predicting next… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/basis-basis-smart-hedge-strategies/
Supply and demand remain steady in the early days of Russian price caps Supply and demand remain steady in the early days of Russian price caps It has been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine and fighting continues. Following the invasion, both WTI… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/russian-sanctions-make-minor-shifts-market-so-far/
What we know, and what we know we don’t know What we know, and what we know we don’t know 2022 began, as many years do, with optimism. The Dow Jones Industrial average, often positively correlated with crude oil futures… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/only-certainty-uncertainty/
The hows and whys of the price and supply issues facing the fuel industry The hows and whys of the price and supply issues facing the fuel industry By now you’ve been exposed ad nauseum to the term “backwardation” and no doubt experienced the cause and… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/breaking-down-market-breakdown/
Market risks are high so proceed with caution Market risks are high so proceed with caution As we head into the new heating season, I thought that we might take a look at some elements that could impact the heating oil… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/winter-hedging-outlook/
How did we get to this point, and where do we go from here? How did we get to this point, and where do we go from here? U.S. distillate stockpiles hit seasonal five-year lows late last year and continued to set weekly five-year lows from… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/low-stock-levels-high-basis-risks/
As winter approaches, energy marketers are hoping to avoid the perfect storm! As winter approaches, energy marketers are hoping to avoid the perfect storm! By the time this edition of Oil & Energy hits the proverbial newsstands, it will be August and we… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/really-bad-timing-major-hurricane/
How Wall Street nearly broke the U.S. economy … again How Wall Street nearly broke the U.S. economy … again On March 8, 2022, U.S. crude oil prices hit $123.64 per barrel. The price spike was widely regarded as a product of… https://oilandenergyonline.com/articles/all/foreign-interference-loophole/
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