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CFTC’s Giancarlo slams automatic cut to dealer threshold
Commissioner questions need to slash de minimis level to $3 billion
The secrets of successful energy trading firms
Training programmes, innovation and risk-taking among top traits
Panel bemoans impact of EU regulation on energy market
Liquidity is down and costs are up, compliance experts complain
Mifid II doomsday awaits energy firms, conference told
Shell compliance officer warns of "serious threat" posed by EU rules
Gulf War and supercycle are career highlights, says Saperia
Veteran oil trader reflects on industry transformed in 30-year career
Non-bank commodity traders seen as benefiting from Volcker rule
End-users will hedge more with firms such as BP, Shell and Vitol as banks face ban on prop trading, say market participants
Shell unit seeks to register as swap dealer
Shell becomes second energy company to seek swap dealer status under Dodd-Frank
Head oil trader leaves Barclays
Senior energy trader exits JP Morgan; New Morgan Stanley gas origination team; Giancarlo nominated for CFTC role; Costantino joins Cargill; Noble nabs Shell power trader
Aggressive oil hedging enables Plains E&P’s big deepwater play
Plains Exploration & Production will hedge up to 90% of its oil production for the next three years, the Houston-based company says as it reaches a deal to buy $6.1 billion of oil assets in the Gulf of Mexico from BP and Shell
Energy Risk Deals of the Year 2012: Lloyds's financing for Essar
Lloyds’s $1.5bn secured borrowing base facility for Essar Energy
US energy firms brace for position limits
The CFTC’s decision to press ahead with enforcement of the position-limits rule, despite an industry court challenge, means that US energy companies must get serious about compliance in 2012
Canadian OTC derivatives repository unnecessary, say market participants
Critics argue a Canadian OTC derivatives repository would lead to fragmented and inconsistent data
Shell Energy chief calls for regulatory data confidentiality rules
The confidentiality of energy trading data provided to regulators for market monitoring purposes continues to concern market players and regulators alike, after August leak by senator Sanders
Cat product to transfer oil spill risk to capital markets
Catastrophe product looks to capitalise on perceived investor appetite for oil spill risk
Operational risk to reduce Iraqi oil supply and exports
Iraq, one of the world’s largest locations with proven oil reserves, will not be able to hit governmental production targets due to the level of operational risk, say experts
IEA slashes Gulf of Mexico supply forecasts
Repercussions from the BP oil spill force the International Energy Agency (IEA) to slash supply forecasts.
Derivatives reform to hit energy giants
Several major energy and commodities companies such as Royal Dutch Shell and BP are to face a substantial rise in derivatives trading costs, following the adoption of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.
Moody’s boosts Petronas rating on Iraq exposure
Rating agency gives a surprise boost to Malaysian oil company Petronas’s credit rating from negative to stable, despite the company’s substantial acquisition of an Iraqi oil field with Royal Dutch Shell
Shell Gas chief: end-users will face credit issues - Exclusive
Shell Gas Direct’s chief tells Energy Risk that major end-users’ credit worthiness will be one of four major challenges for industrial and commercial users in the next few years
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Shell Energy chief on market challenges
Mark Quartermain, president of Shell Energy North America (US) talks exclusively to Lianna Brinded about major market challenges in oil, gas and carbon markets.
Shell Energy chief: US financial reform bill could dislocate energy prices
The newly approved US financial reform bill will have unintended consequences, which include a dislocation between supply/demand fundamentals and energy prices in the longer term, says Mark Quartermain, president of Shell Energy North America (US)
Shell: Nigerian oil and gas production is falling
Crude oil and gas production in Nigeria has fallen by around 30% over the past five years, following a slowdown in exploration and production activity in the country, says Ann Pickard, Shell’s regional executive vice-president of exploration and…