Monthly Review - Jan 2012
Weather, oil sanctions and European debt concerns were the pushers and pullers this month as energy markets responded to competing indicators. Volatility was the only constant. read more...
01 February 2012
Weather, oil sanctions and European debt concerns were the pushers and pullers this month as energy markets responded to competing indicators. Volatility was the only constant. read more...
October -What to Expect
October is a month to identify some good value purchasing opportunities. History suggests we will see prices slip through the month before the real winter drivers kick in. read more...
03 October 2011
October is a month to identify some good value purchasing opportunities. History suggests we will see prices slip through the month before the real winter drivers kick in. read more...
Energy Forward Prices continue to gain ground
Despite market participants describing the market as stagnant and directionless, energy forward prices continue to gain ground. Winter 11 power closed the week up at £59.65/MWh while NBP Winter 11 gas finished at 72.20p/therm. read more...
10 June 2011
Despite market participants describing the market as stagnant and directionless, energy forward prices continue to gain ground. Winter 11 power closed the week up at £59.65/MWh while NBP Winter 11 gas finished at 72.20p/therm. read more...
Confidence Returns to Market
Despite a continuation of cold conditions, confidence was seen returning to the market with a stabilisation of spot prices and comfortable system margins. There was some focus on the curve with seasonal contracts all reporting some gain on the previous weeks levels apart form Summer 13. read more...
20 December 2010
Despite a continuation of cold conditions, confidence was seen returning to the market with a stabilisation of spot prices and comfortable system margins. There was some focus on the curve with seasonal contracts all reporting some gain on the previous weeks levels apart form Summer 13. read more...
UK Gas price highest in World.
The UK gas price in Q409 is attracting significant volumes of LNG gas to the UK but there is real doubt as to whether these prices levels will be maintained. read more...
11 September 2009
The UK gas price in Q409 is attracting significant volumes of LNG gas to the UK but there is real doubt as to whether these prices levels will be maintained. read more...
Bearish Gas Market
The short system seen during the week provided little support in a bearish market. read more...
04 September 2009
The short system seen during the week provided little support in a bearish market. read more...
Centrica strategically planning
Centrica looks to Norway for the future. read more...
20 February 2008
Centrica looks to Norway for the future. read more...
Gas capacity change in 2008
Will NG announce to the market what more capapcity could be availbel at the end of the year? read more...
12 February 2008
Will NG announce to the market what more capapcity could be availbel at the end of the year? read more...
Rough starting to fill up.
Storage still a very important dynamic in the gas market. read more...
02 January 2008
Storage still a very important dynamic in the gas market. read more...
The future RWE and GE
The future is electricity storage the first to achieve it will become very rich. read more...
27 December 2007
The future is electricity storage the first to achieve it will become very rich. read more...
Traders seem to balance badly
Traders keen to see Christmas early as they continue to withdraw from Rough. read more...
21 December 2007
Traders keen to see Christmas early as they continue to withdraw from Rough. read more...
Gas storage being used across Northern Europe
Storage facilities are being used and giving traders and operators more flexibility worldwide. read more...
13 December 2007
Storage facilities are being used and giving traders and operators more flexibility worldwide. read more...
Sellers do have opportunities
The opportunities are out there but it is a matter of picking when will be a good time to go for them. read more...
23 October 2007
The opportunities are out there but it is a matter of picking when will be a good time to go for them. read more...
Short-term worries, sorted.
Gas supply increases at the same time that two nuclear units return. Prompt price may well return below £30 and the sell off could be short and quick. Oil pries continue to worry. read more...
16 October 2007
Gas supply increases at the same time that two nuclear units return. Prompt price may well return below £30 and the sell off could be short and quick. Oil pries continue to worry. read more...
Market steady in uncertaintity
Market unsure which direction to turn and traders are getting conflicting fundamental data from the gas and power markets. read more...
09 October 2007
Market unsure which direction to turn and traders are getting conflicting fundamental data from the gas and power markets. read more...
Q3 continues to rise
Q3 continues to rise on some gas concerns and arbitrage opportunities with Europe. It is likely that there will be a bit of a squeeze on prices in Q3 and hence the premia but the market looks a little over hyped. read more...
02 May 2007
Q3 continues to rise on some gas concerns and arbitrage opportunities with Europe. It is likely that there will be a bit of a squeeze on prices in Q3 and hence the premia but the market looks a little over hyped. read more...
Why Summer 08 still looks high.
It is easy to look a t Summer 08 on its own but in comparison to some of the other seasons it does not look a good season yet. read more...
19 March 2007
It is easy to look a t Summer 08 on its own but in comparison to some of the other seasons it does not look a good season yet. read more...
Peak demand low for one of the coldest weeks in Winter
The market is responding to low demand plentiful supply with further falls. Summer 07 has not breached £25 but there is every chance it could. read more...
25 January 2007
The market is responding to low demand plentiful supply with further falls. Summer 07 has not breached £25 but there is every chance it could. read more...
Market continues to fall
The market is responding to fundamentals, which are that if it is raining it is not too cold, and so demand is quite steady. Storage is full. read more...
12 December 2006
The market is responding to fundamentals, which are that if it is raining it is not too cold, and so demand is quite steady. Storage is full. read more...
Gas storage still full
All fundamentals do point to a lower prices but it is difficult to sell when the market fundamentals have not been fully tested. read more...
11 December 2006
All fundamentals do point to a lower prices but it is difficult to sell when the market fundamentals have not been fully tested. read more...
Gas prices go negative
Gas prices prove elusive as they go negative the first time for ten years. read more...
04 October 2006
Gas prices prove elusive as they go negative the first time for ten years. read more...
Gas in the middle of Political Debate
Gas is plentiful and although a few are arguing that it could be tight most are realising that lessons have been learnt from last year. read more...
24 August 2006
Gas is plentiful and although a few are arguing that it could be tight most are realising that lessons have been learnt from last year. read more...
Rough influences Winter 06
Market edgy on the back of new Rough information and a feeling that the prompt is under pressure with warm weather and plant outages. As July today has been 10 degrees hotter than average, players know that this could drive prompt very high with air conditioning demand. read more...
05 July 2006
Market edgy on the back of new Rough information and a feeling that the prompt is under pressure with warm weather and plant outages. As July today has been 10 degrees hotter than average, players know that this could drive prompt very high with air conditioning demand. read more...
Could Summer hot up.
A few trades are beginning show that they have some merit, Summer could be under some pressure in the next few weeks but after that we should see an oversupplied August and September. read more...
29 June 2006
A few trades are beginning show that they have some merit, Summer could be under some pressure in the next few weeks but after that we should see an oversupplied August and September. read more...
8 GW of plant goes on outage.
A stream of plant are now on outage if the market fundamentals can cope (which everything suggests they can) then we are in for a low Summer, and this could pull Winter with it. read more...
28 June 2006
A stream of plant are now on outage if the market fundamentals can cope (which everything suggests they can) then we are in for a low Summer, and this could pull Winter with it. read more...
Too Hot for Winter
Whilst the outside temperature confirms it must be summer, inside the traded markets are looking forwards to Winter. read more...
13 June 2006
Whilst the outside temperature confirms it must be summer, inside the traded markets are looking forwards to Winter. read more...
The bears are back
The market has slipped on fundamentals which suggest that the slide could be here for some time, but there are still events in the pipeline which could force some things North. read more...
07 June 2006
The market has slipped on fundamentals which suggest that the slide could be here for some time, but there are still events in the pipeline which could force some things North. read more...
Lacklustre Markets
Markets bore traders into submission and allow most to balance portfolios before the markets die completely as a result of the World Cup. read more...
31 May 2006
Markets bore traders into submission and allow most to balance portfolios before the markets die completely as a result of the World Cup. read more...
Rough back in the mix.
The market is back to looking at fundmentals, with the emissions price under pressure from dark spread traders, gas looking overbought, and high both in terms of spark numbers but also in terms fundmentals, with plenty of gas around to service any injections, when they finally occur. read more...
25 May 2006
The market is back to looking at fundmentals, with the emissions price under pressure from dark spread traders, gas looking overbought, and high both in terms of spark numbers but also in terms fundmentals, with plenty of gas around to service any injections, when they finally occur. read more...
Mr and Mrs Transatlantic Crossing and their dog Rough.
Rough annoucement drives prices in the back end of the curve North. Causing some players to rush to get their bullish tendencies out of the cupboard. read more...
25 April 2006
Rough annoucement drives prices in the back end of the curve North. Causing some players to rush to get their bullish tendencies out of the cupboard. read more...
Oil supplies look not to have upset the power market.
Oil talk dominates the news with record highs, but the power market does not seem to reacting too much, gas already well bid is being careful about further rises. read more...
18 April 2006
Oil talk dominates the news with record highs, but the power market does not seem to reacting too much, gas already well bid is being careful about further rises. read more...
Bulls respond to cold snap with a vengeance.
The market has repsonded to a lack of supply and a cold snap driven demand increase with a significant price rise across the curve. It is hoped that when the snow melts so will the price but it traditionally takes longer for the back end to fall. read more...
13 April 2006
The market has repsonded to a lack of supply and a cold snap driven demand increase with a significant price rise across the curve. It is hoped that when the snow melts so will the price but it traditionally takes longer for the back end to fall. read more...
Funny happenings in Summer- smile to grimace
Rough causes bulge in the Summer, which is unlikely to remain here for the long term, but is a potential front running of an existing Centrica position. read more...
31 March 2006
Rough causes bulge in the Summer, which is unlikely to remain here for the long term, but is a potential front running of an existing Centrica position. read more...
Winter 06 bid up on rumour
Winter 06 has risen in the last week, despite a dramatic fall in prompt prices and Summer individual months, players are still keen to buy Winter 06. read more...
27 March 2006
Winter 06 has risen in the last week, despite a dramatic fall in prompt prices and Summer individual months, players are still keen to buy Winter 06. read more...
Isn't it Ironic
Dark and spark spreads have polarised the market, but when its cold and the flexibility to adjust in the gas market goes, so does the price. read more...
14 March 2006
Dark and spark spreads have polarised the market, but when its cold and the flexibility to adjust in the gas market goes, so does the price. read more...
The Interpretation of Data
Oil data gets put through the mill, for some interesting variations on the future. One thing for certain is that no one is predicting a dramatic fall off of oil prices. read more...
10 March 2006
Oil data gets put through the mill, for some interesting variations on the future. One thing for certain is that no one is predicting a dramatic fall off of oil prices. read more...
How do you spot value in the curve
Traders do not always know when there is value in the curve, but sometimes some analysis can change the balance of probabilities. read more...
03 March 2006
Traders do not always know when there is value in the curve, but sometimes some analysis can change the balance of probabilities. read more...
March 06 v April 06
March and April as individual months are difficult to trade on a time spread but fundamental information is helping point in certain directions which help the decision. read more...
23 February 2006
March and April as individual months are difficult to trade on a time spread but fundamental information is helping point in certain directions which help the decision. read more...
Rough out for March
Rough looks to be out for a month, and March rises, and April falls as people bank on a return towards the end of March. The effect on the curve is a ripple of bearishness in Summer 06 and a rise in Winter 06 from the oil rise. read more...
21 February 2006
Rough looks to be out for a month, and March rises, and April falls as people bank on a return towards the end of March. The effect on the curve is a ripple of bearishness in Summer 06 and a rise in Winter 06 from the oil rise. read more...
Bears return with passion
Market falls on mild weather, settling of the gas market and the start of the Christmas season. Traders happy to react to the incumbent players. read more...
09 December 2005
Market falls on mild weather, settling of the gas market and the start of the Christmas season. Traders happy to react to the incumbent players. read more...
Bearish Sentiment feeds into market on potential mild weather
Prices fall as most had predicted but with mild weather on the way the fear is when will the next cold snap strike. read more...
29 November 2005
Prices fall as most had predicted but with mild weather on the way the fear is when will the next cold snap strike. read more...
Gas market threatens to push to £2 a therm
Gas is responsible for huge increase in prices across all commodities, players filled with fears associated with further rises, are now beginning to just hope that prices fall. read more...
23 November 2005
Gas is responsible for huge increase in prices across all commodities, players filled with fears associated with further rises, are now beginning to just hope that prices fall. read more...
Are the markets broken?
The market is becoming more volatile less liquid and players are spooked, it is not broken, it is just more scary to operate it. read more...
14 November 2005
The market is becoming more volatile less liquid and players are spooked, it is not broken, it is just more scary to operate it. read more...
NGC-Forecast that this Winter the lights will stay on.
Looks like the hype associated with cold Winters and the lights going out have been greatly exaggerated. read more...
06 October 2005
Looks like the hype associated with cold Winters and the lights going out have been greatly exaggerated. read more...
Power Market Stunned
Low liquidity as traders carefully look at which way the market might go next week. read more...
15 July 2005
Low liquidity as traders carefully look at which way the market might go next week. read more...
Emissions Demand and Supply
"'Curiouser and curiouser,' cried Alice!" Alice and Wonderland read more...
17 June 2005
"'Curiouser and curiouser,' cried Alice!" Alice and Wonderland read more...
Emissions Spark and the prompt
Muck spreaders inflate the Winter 05 market. read more...
19 May 2005
Muck spreaders inflate the Winter 05 market. read more...
Is Winter too cheap?
Winter 05 power to remain at current levels with gas to fall. read more...
29 March 2005
Winter 05 power to remain at current levels with gas to fall. read more...
UK Government Faces legal challenge over FiT cuts
Friends of the Earth are seeking a judicial review following DECCs failure to amend its plans to significantly cut the current Feed-in-Tariffs. This follows another legal challenge that has been brought by solar power developer Solarcentury. read more...
14 November 2011
Friends of the Earth are seeking a judicial review following DECCs failure to amend its plans to significantly cut the current Feed-in-Tariffs. This follows another legal challenge that has been brought by solar power developer Solarcentury. read more...
Italy draws attention
Greece will be pleased to be out of the spotlight as focus switches to Italy. Interest rates on Italian Bonds have risen above 7% - the level which caused Ireland and Portugal to go looking for help. read more...
11 November 2011
Greece will be pleased to be out of the spotlight as focus switches to Italy. Interest rates on Italian Bonds have risen above 7% - the level which caused Ireland and Portugal to go looking for help. read more...
Market Responds Positively to Greek Coalition Government
Commodity prices strengthen on coalition Government news from Greece. Third day of gains in the oil markets helping to fuel other energy commoditities. read more...
07 November 2011
Commodity prices strengthen on coalition Government news from Greece. Third day of gains in the oil markets helping to fuel other energy commoditities. read more...
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