Strategies

Mexico Looking to Central America for Energy Development

Mexican Congressman Eduardo De La Torre told a Houston audience Thursday that strategies his country’s government has espoused over the last nine years have been a failure. He called for a more modern vision as Mexico embraces the principles of a market economy. That vision includes integration with Central America, both economically and through infrastructure projects, particularly those related to energy. “Our society is lost when we are just importers,” he said.

October 27, 2006

Hurricane Season: Producers Unbatten Hedges; Will LDCs Panic?

Another hurricane season may just be starting, but natural gas producers haven’t forgotten the last one and have tweaked their risk management strategies accordingly. Producers are paying more to preserve upside, but utilities could get caught out later if they lock in too high.

May 30, 2006

Hurricanes Coming: Producers Uncap Upside

Another hurricane season may just be starting, but natural gas producers haven’t forgotten the last one and have tweaked their risk management strategies accordingly. Producers are paying more to preserve upside, but utilities could get caught out later if they lock in too high.

May 29, 2006

AGA: Utilities Hedging More, Using Longer-Term Supply Contracts

Soaring gas prices prompted U.S. gas utilities to use more aggressive hedging strategies and sign longer term agreements ahead of winter last year to mitigate the impact of rising prices on consumers, according to a new report by the American Gas Association (AGA).

July 20, 2005

DOE-FERC Cite Lessons to be Learned from LNG Blast in Algeria

A handful of prevention and mitigative strategies would limit the exposure of other liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities to the “cascading events” that caused the deadly explosion at the LNG complex in Skikda, Algeria earlier this year, according to a joint report by the Department of Energy (DOE) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

October 4, 2004

DOE-FERC Cite Lessons to be Learned from LNG Blast in Algeria

A handful of prevention and mitigative strategies would limit the exposure of other liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities to the “cascading events” that caused the deadly explosion at the LNG complex in Skikda, Algeria earlier this year, according to a joint report by the Department of Energy (DOE) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

September 28, 2004

Mexican Energy Officials Using More Aggressive Strategies for Offshore

Mexico’s strategy to attract private energy companies appears to be working, especially for the oilfield services market, according to officials meeting last week at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.

May 10, 2004

Mexican Energy Officials Using More Aggressive Strategies for Offshore

Mexico’s strategy to attract private energy companies appears to be working, especially for the oilfield services market, according to officials at the Offshore Technology Conference, which opened Monday in Houston.

May 5, 2004

Marathon Using Innovative Strategies to Expand Reach

Marathon Oil Co. is making good on its two-year-old sustainable value growth plan, which is giving the integrated major new avenues to pump up its reserves and its options by moving its focus to worldwide partnerships and technological innovation, according to CEO Clarence P. Cazalot.

December 8, 2003

Marathon Using Innovative Strategies to Expand Reach

Marathon Oil Co. is making good on its two-year-old sustainable value growth plan, which is giving the integrated major new avenues to pump up its reserves and its options by moving its focus to worldwide partnerships and technological innovation, according to CEO Clarence P. Cazalot.

December 3, 2003