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FERC is proposing to make life harder for gas suppliers

A few weeks ago FERC issued a notice of proposed rule making (NOPR) that, if put into place as outlined, is going to have a significant impact on companies... continue reading

A High Energy debate – US gas and crude exports

The question of whether the US should export some portion of its new found bounty of natural gas in the form of LNG is a hot topic.  With Russia... continue reading

Interesting stuff from (and about) Aspect Enterprise Solutions

Gary and I had a update from Aspect Enterprise Solutions yesterday.  Though not the most well-known company in the ETRM / CTRM space (having changed their name from Oil... continue reading

Visiting with Allegro’s executive team

I had the opportunity to meet with Allegro’s CEO, Ray Hood, and most of his senior leadership team this week for an analyst briefing in which they discussed their... continue reading

Energeya Expanding

Yesterday, ComTech Advisory visited with Energeya and had a high-level demonstration of the company’s software product XDM© Suite. Energeya was founded in 2008 with the founders coming from Excelergy.... continue reading

Sore Feet, Freebies and EWorld

While many commodity trading firms staffs across Europe grappled with the start of EMIR reporting, many many more took some time out from the office to visit Essen and... continue reading

Quorum acquires Woodlands Solutions

Quorum Business Solutions (Quorum) will announce on Monday that it has acquired Woodlands Solutions, the Houston-based ETRM provider.  According to an early release provided by Quorum, Woodland’s “Phoenix ETRM... continue reading

What do you think of the ETRM and CTRM vendors and their products?

The global energy and commodities industry faces numerous market challenges and risks, including greater regulation and governmental oversight, economic uncertainty, rapidly changing supply and demand patterns, and commodity prices... continue reading

Catching up with Molecule Software

I had the opportunity to visit with Sameer Soleja and Sam Parikh from Molecule Software last week and got a look at the latest developments around their trading and... continue reading

An Interview with TrayPort and Trayport Contigo

The last of our four videos shot in London a couple of weeks ago was recorded at the offices of Trayport in London to discuss the recent acquisition of... continue reading

Meet the future leaders of CTRM at the University of Houston

The ISACA student group at the University of Houston is hosting a mixer event for industry professionals and students of the university’s Energy Trading and Risk Management Systems course... continue reading

New edition of European Commodity Market Regulations report to be published on 7th April

A new edition of the European Commodity Market Regulations report written in conjunction with ETR Advisory and kindly sponsored by TriOptima will be published on the 13th November, shortly... continue reading

The Big Story in US Crude Production is not North Dakota

While doing a bit of research for an upcoming ComTechAlert article, I was reviewing oil production stats for the US and was a bit surprised by the numbers. Much... continue reading

Work Starts on The European Regulatory Study

If all had gone to plan, I would be sat on a beach in Florida today looking at two-weeks of sun, sea and Disney. As it turned out, my... continue reading

Sizing-up Market Trends in E/CTRM

A Commodity Technology Advisory ComTechAlert Article June 26, 2013 ComTech Advisory is beginning to pull together the granular analysis that is the foundation of our E/CTRM Technology Market Sizing... continue reading

ComTech Advisory Inverviews Ray Hood – President and CEO of Allegro Development

In the premier episode of Commodity Technology Advisory’s new video series examining the trends and issues in CTRM technology, we visit with Mr. Ray Hood, president and CEO of... continue reading

Day One

So today is my first official day back as an analyst (yesterday was a holiday in the Czech republic). It is nice to be back too. It is good... continue reading

Does the Cyprus Crisis Signal New Trouble Ahead for the E/CTRM Market in Europe?

While Cyprus is a relatively small economy in the overall EU scheme, the announcement that EU regulators wanted to require banks there to seize 10% of Cypriots’ accounts (equal... continue reading

Shell Building LNG Plants for North American Consumption

Shell announced today that they are going to build two new LNG liquefaction plants in North America, not for export, but for domestic consumption as a motor fuel.  The... continue reading

Catching Up with CTRM Deals

While we were away, a number of new deals were announced recently… SunGard Energy announced that they had licensed their Aligne product to Kelag Group, “one of the leading... continue reading