Jan 12 @ 10:55am by Matt Smith in Natural Gas, risk management
Recently I’ve been sounding like a broken record as I keep referencing how natural gas prices are re-enacting a certain scene from Star Wars.
It’s the one where the Millennium Falcon is being inextricably pulled towards the Death Star by a tractor beam…except in naturalgasworld™, natty is the Millennium Falcon and the Death Star is below the $3 mark. With me so far? Good, good. The analogies, however, do not end there. There is a number of themes which flow through natural gas like the force…and here are but a few. » read more
Jan 6 @ 10:55am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Global Energy, Natural Gas, risk management
I have tirelessly spent the last week or so trying not to write a post which either a) reflects on last year or b) provides some sort of outlook for 2012. This has left me considering the here and now, and the USA.
Swinging the spotlight back onto energy (as is inevitable here on the burrito), I realized there is a lot to be thankful for in the US. Despite some obvious shortfalls in the energy landscape (reliance on fossil fuels, foreign energy dependence, etc) I believe the US is moving in the right direction. So henceforth I present some random points as to why the US is great, from both an energy perspective, and from the perspective of a Brit.
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Dec 1 @ 10:58am by Matt Smith in Global Energy, Random, risk management
Yep, it’s that time of the year to desperately hunt for what to get Auntie Maude or Uncle Fred for Christmas. But search no longer, my friends. Here is a collection of energy-related gifts I am sure they would be thrilled to receive: » read more
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
Oct 13 @ 10:10am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Random, risk management
In the last week I have been doing some digging into the topic of flight. But rather than just throw out some random facts, I figured I’d make you do the work. So here are ten questions from which you simply need to decide what form of transport it relates to: aviation or automobile. There is even a bonus question at the end with a chance to win a prize. If that’s not enough of an incentive to make you read on, then, err…don’t. Grab a pen, and let’s play! » read more
Recently I’ve been sounding like a broken record as I keep referencing how natural gas prices are re-enacting a certain scene from Star Wars.
