Buyers

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) plans to take a second look next Thursday at its Form 552 rule requiring both buyers and sellers of natural gas to report their annual spot market purchases and sales to the agency. The Commission said it may elect to modify the Form 552 requirements depending on the outcome of the technical conference.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) plans to take a second look next Thursday at its Form 552 rule requiring both buyers and sellers of natural gas to report their annual spot market purchases and sales to the agency. The Commission said it may elect to modify the Form 552 requirements depending on the outcome of the technical conference.

Natural gas buyers consider reliability, honesty and dependability, along with competitive pricing and accuracy of invoices and statements, to be the most important issues when they work with marketers, according to Mastio’s Natural Gas Marketer Customer Value & Loyalty Study for 2009.

Natural gas buyers consider reliability, honesty and dependability, along with competitive pricing and accuracy of invoices and statements, to be the most important issues when they work with marketers, according to Mastio’s Natural Gas Marketer Customer Value & Loyalty Study for 2009.

Natural gas buyers consider reliability, honesty and dependability, along with competitive pricing and accuracy of invoices and statements, to be the most important issues when they work with marketers, according to Mastio’s Natural Gas Marketer Customer Value & Loyalty Study for 2009.

While the two partners stayed mum, active solicitation of potential buyers by investment bank Lazard Ltd. has stirred speculation that an announcement is coming soon on the European Commission-mandated sale of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) 51% stake in a joint venture commodities trading operation with San Diego-based Sempra Energy. The U.S. energy holding company has made clear that it wants to remain in the highly lucrative trading space.

While the two partners stayed mum, active solicitation of potential buyers by investment bank Lazard Ltd. has stirred speculation that an announcement is coming soon on the European Commission-mandated sale of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) 51% stake in a joint venture commodities trading operation with San Diego-based Sempra Energy. The U.S. energy holding company has made clear that it wants to remain in the highly lucrative trading space.

While the two partners are staying mum, active solicitation of potential buyers by an investment bank has stirred speculation that an announcement is coming soon on the European Commission-mandated sale of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) 51% stake in a joint venture commodities trading operation with San Diego-based Sempra Energy. The U.S. energy holding company has made clear that it wants to remain in the highly lucrative trading space.

The results are in from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 552 survey of the natural gas market with 821 companies reporting by July 1 as buyers and/or sellers of spot market natural gas. A quick look at the data shows an expected heavy concentration of buy/sell volume at the top, with the top 20 largest traders accounting for more than 52 Tcf, a hefty 58% of the 90 Tcf in total volume of reportable transactions exchanged in 2008.