Dec 8 @ 10:55am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas, energy consulting
From bottom left to top right
I was fortunate enough to take Energy Burrito on the road earlier this week to the AMM Conference in Miami. Given a 30-minute blank canvas, I decided to spread the Christmas spirit by unleashing the ultimate commodity Christmas gift, the Crude Oil 8-ball, on the unsuspecting audience.
The premise of my presentation was to highlight eight pertinent factors which are shaking up the crude complex (of which the total statistics add up to 1385.7…hence the inspired (ahem) title of the presentation). So here’s a brief summary of the octuplet presented; they won’t be that surprising to regular readers of the burrito, although they hopefully serve as a useful reminder: » read more
Nov 23 @ 10:22am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, energy consulting
‘The Italian Job’ is a 1969 film caper and one of the best-loved British films of all time. Its premise is a gold heist in Rome involving lots of Minis. In one of the most famous scenes, two of the heisters are testing explosives on a truck, leading Michael Caine to utter the immortal words ‘you were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!’.
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Tags: Bakken shale, China, distillate demand, EIA, emerging market demand, EU carbon permits, Libya, Libyan oil production, North Dakota, oil shale, proven reserves, recrod storage level, UN permits
Oct 27 @ 10:50am by Matt Smith in Economy, Global Energy, energy consulting, risk management
My cousin Paul told me a very funny story. He was walking along a street in East London when a car blaring out dance music pulled alongside him. Expecting some obnoxious teenager to open the car door, he was surprised when an 80 year-old man emerged. ‘Please can you help me, sonny?’ the man pleaded, music still blaring, ‘my grandson borrowed my car and I don’t know how to turn the stereo down’. Thus begins my tale of thinking ‘outside the box’, via my cousin and underwear. » read more
Aug 10 @ 10:12am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Global Energy, Natural Gas, Technology, energy consulting
My esteemed colleague, Eric Bickel Esq., has written a trilogy of posts for Summit Energy’s blog The Water Cooler based on the flurry of energy policy initiatives announced this summer.
The policy initiatives are fairly in-depth and complicated (well, I think they are), but Eric presents them in a straightforward and engaging way. Please check them out:
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Jun 29 @ 10:55am by Matt Smith in Global Energy, Risk Strategy, Technology, energy consulting, risk management
I’ve been doing some digging recently into our new suitors, Schneider Electric, and thought it would be useful to share some of this info, along with some high level facts / snacks / bites to chomp on. Transitioning from a company of under a thousand employees to being a part of one with over a hundred and ten thousand means there is a lot to learn, and that there is a lot that goes on underneath this new bonnet (see left). Actually, by bonnet I mean hood; am slipping back into my European ways (the bonnet at left will be revealed later…). So enjoy and relax, with these Schneider facts:
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