Enbridge’s Northern Gateway: Energy Politics & Oil Spread Pricing

The Harper government’s June 17th approval for Enbridge’s construction of their Northern Gateway pipeline has been the centerpiece of Canadian political controversy in the past month. Analysts and investors are simultaneously rejoicing and lamenting the landmark decision as the energy industry turns its eye on Enbridge’s response to the approval. With 209 conditions prescribed by […]

Middle Eastern Oil Exchanges Continue to Expand

Middle Eastern markets are growing faster than most markets in the western world, partly as the result of many large infrastructure projects creating a subsequent need for imported commodities. Commodity market participants in the Middle East , like their Western counterparts, trade on both physical and financial exchanges in order to improve market liquidity. Despite […]

Keeping Track of Petroleum Products Involves More than Following Bears and Bulls

Predicting the direction of future oil price movements is not an easy path. What does it take to manage financial risks for parties affected by volatile oil price movements? Ever since the 1980s, when the first petroleum financial derivatives started being traded on NYMEX and the International Petroleum Exchange (renamed ICE Futures in 2005),the set […]

Globalization of the Natural Gas Market and North American Impact: Data Changes That Can’t Be Ignored

On-demand access to accurate pricing data is pivotal for market players in the oil and gas industry to make better and timelier strategic decisions in order to drive their core business activities. Now more than ever, with the production of oil and gas reaching unprecedented new highs, organizations in this industry cannot afford to ignore […]