Category / Company strategies / Electricity and power markets / Global markets
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An energy “liquidity trap” – challenges and opportunities
Old ideas can be surprisingly powerful when used in new or different areas. This is the case of the “liquidity trap” business dilemma of Keynesian economics. The liquidity trap implies that lower prices…
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LNG prices and lateral thinking
Energy Perspectives recently did a 15-year forecast of Asian LNG prices for a client investment case. Certainly challenging, given the state of energy markets, oil prices, uncertainty of demand and an onslaught of…
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Panama Canal Charges for LNG and a Brave New World of Global Gas
After two years of discussions and lobbying by users, the Panama Canal Administration last week set the tariff schedule for LNG vessel passage. For the 175,000m3 LNG “PanaMax” vessel, the round-trip cost…
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US shale oil contraction – Hard evidence for strategy and OPEC’s June 5 meeting
Crude oil prices have slowly increased over the past couple of months. The availability of solid US shale oil production data has been lacking, and many forecasts have maintained the incredible resilience of US…
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Has OPEC killed the shale oil Troll?
Another decline in the US oil rig count was reported on 17 April 2015 by BakerHughes, 26 rigs down. Overall, oil rig count is down by more than 50% since December, to 734.…
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Japan Crude Coctail forever?
Asian interest in breaking the traditional link between LNG import prices and crude oil has been intense for several years. Initiatives to establish regional hubs and spot price indexes have until now…
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US shale oil could drop by 0.5 mill. Bbls/day in 2015
At current oil prices, there is momentum for stabilization and then contraction of US shale oil production through 2015 and beyond. The full output reduction reflecting the new price level is estimated…
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Crude oil prices 2015 at 35 USD/Bbl – An avoidable worst-case scenario
This 23 December 2014 post (republished 23.January 2015 due to system restore) is a follow-up of our November comments on OPEC thinking and market strategy (its timestamp a republish due to a . …
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Energy Perspectives and iGIS/LNG – LNG World Summit, Paris 2014 D-1
The LNG World Summit 2014 takes place in Paris this week and we look forward to attending this important event. Risk management is a key topic. Energy Perspectives has now launched the…
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A Message from OPEC, the Real Oil Boss
In year 2005 investment bank Goldman Sachs famously asked “What does it take to stop China?” They answered the question themselves, an oil price of 105 USD/BBl. The growth in China did…
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A broader natural gas perspective of the Ukraine crisis
Massive outstanding debts for Ukrainian natural gas imports from Russia, the Ukraine’s approchement to the EU, followed by Russia’s annexation of the Crimea and support of separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, have…
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Natural Gas Recapture of the UK Power Market, and the Butterfly Effect
The incredible has happened – again. The fall in NBP gas prices by about 50% from over 70 p/th this past winter has made natural gas attractive for power generation in the UK. The…
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Launch of Energy Perspectives’ iGIS/LNG Global Gas Intelligence Solution
As recent tumultuous energy market events have shown, the value of, and need for powerful business intelligence has never been greater. Market information and tools to support companies’ operations in conventional natural…
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Norway’s double hit from the European gas price fall in 2014 – What happened?
Overstocked gas storage facilities and a mild winter have been blamed for the strong fall in European spot gas prices in 2014. However, the surprising increase in LNG imports from – and…
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Ukrainian and Crimean crisis – European energy policy and market effects
The complex Ukrainian and Crimean situation has an abundance of Cold War, WW2, and maybe even Ottoman Empire parallels, leading back to the early days of Caspian oil development. Russian oil exports…
