A UtiliPoint IssueAlertBy Gary M. Vasey

Prior to the collapse of the Merchant energy segment, the North American Trading and Risk Management tradeshow was a vibrant and well attended event but in recent years many of the big tradeshows in that industry space have died off or died out altogether. But not here in Europe! E-World […]

I wrote an article last December in which I noted that unconventional sources of natural gas, that is shale, tight sands and coal seam, were the true competitors of imported LNG, in that with finding costs as low as $3.00/mmbtu, these domestic sources would almost always undercut the cost of bringing LNG into the states. […]

SolArc announced yesterday that Sprague Energy has selected SolArc's Solution for Natural Gas to manage that company’s natural gas supply business, including deal capture, nominations, scheduling/logistics, billing and risk management.
According to the press release, Sprague has been a SolArc customer for more than five years, using RightAngle to manage their oil trading, marketing and […]

By Patrick ReamesManaging Director, The AmericasCommodityPoint, A Division of UtiliPoint International, Inc.
Italy’s Statoil and Russia’s Gazprom announced this week that they have entered into a preliminary agreement that will see additional volumes of LNG (liquefied natural gas) hitting the U.S. markets in the coming years. Under the agreement, Gazprom will receive up to 200MMBtu/day […]

I met up with John Fosdick, DMS’s Director of Marketing, a few days ago to discuss the latest developments with the company and get their view of the marketplace. As you may know, DMS (Data Management Systems) is a Houston based ETRM vendor that provides a gas specific system, GasPro. Given their market […]

Solarc is holding their annual Ascent conference at La Torretta Del Lago Resort on Lake Conroe next week. I’ll be participating in an industry expert panel discussion, answering questions from the audiance. Show-up and see if you can stump me!
If you would like to find out more about the conference, you can […]

Matt Simmons, CEO of Simmons and Company International and prominent peak oil advocate, pointed out this last week that there may be an implosion coming in the exchange traded funds (ETF) natural gas contract. His concern is a company called UNG (United States Natural Gas Fund, LLC), an ETF fund that allows investors, including […]

I’ve been hearing around the market that Solarc has been notching some fairly impressive wins this year, but in my regular perusal of their press releases, I haven’t seen any announcements of any those wins. I approached Eric Johnson, Solarc’s VP of marketing and asked him about what I’ve heard, specifically that they have […]

I had a conversation with the leadership team of Aspect Enterprise Solutions (formally OilSpace) including Steve Hughes, president, and Amir Kazmi, their SVP of operations, a couple weeks ago. According to Steve, the company has been seeing quite a lot of success for their AspectETRM solution, a product that provides front, mid and back […]

I had a chance recently to visit with David Leevan, Pioneer Solutions’ VP of Sales about their newly developed and available solution for energy trading and risk management. According to David, the company has now completed, and is near to signing their first clients for TRMTracker, a product designed to meet the needs of […]