Energy Risk/News
Global oil demand to slump
Global oil demand is set to fall this year and next, marking the first consecutive two-year decline in three decades, according to the Energy Information Agency (EIA).
Liffe to launch commodities on Bclear
Liffe, the international derivatives business of Euronext, has announced that it will launch a range of soft and agricultural commodities on its Bclear OTC derivatives platform in the first quarter of 2009.
Essent Trading expands into Nordics and Asia-Pacific
Essent Trading, the Geneva-based trading arm of Dutch utility Essent, has opened representative offices in Norway and Singapore.
US carbon market addresses known unknowns
The election of Barack Obama as President has made a federal cap-and-trade emissions scheme in the US almost certain. Pauline McCallion reports on how stakeholders are coping with the remaining uncertainties
Demise of UK suppliers hits end-users hard
The near-simultaneous bankruptcies of the UK's only two independent energy suppliers has exposed problems in market frameworks and added to challenging operating conditions for end-users, finds Roderick Bruce
European carbon emissions saw increase in 2007
Despite reduction targets, major European electricity producers have increased their carbon emissions since 2007 according to a report released by PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) last week.
Plastics futures to launch on DGCX
The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) will launch plastics futures contracts on February 5.