Make cleaner propane swaps
October 28, 2024 By Mark Rachal
A current anomaly in Mont Belvieu will force us to fine-tune our propane swaps in the future to make them cleaner.
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US propane inventories highest ever
October 21, 2024 By Mark Rachal
U.S. propane inventories are the highest they have ever been and may go even higher before the sustained drawdown begins.
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Propane inventories back on track
October 14, 2024 By Mark Rachal
Mark Rachal explores the recent moves in propane inventories.
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Propane price movement driven by export terminal maintenance
October 7, 2024 By Mark Rachal
Mark Rachal describes the events behind the recent change in propane prices.
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How to minimize the unknowns when pricing propane
September 30, 2024 By Mark Rachal
In this Trader’s Corner, we will try and capture some things we know as propane buyers, some things we may not know now but could, thus reducing the number of unknowns to one.
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Imbalances between propane production, export capacity
September 23, 2024 By Mark Rachal
Export economics are wide open for U.S. propane.
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Propane prices head to the slopes
September 16, 2024 By Mark Rachal
For Mark Rachal of Cost Management Solutions, a recent slope in propane prices has been a joy to run for propane buyers.
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Reconsider: Is it a good time to buy propane?
September 9, 2024 By Mark Rachal
Every propane retailer has asked someone or something at one point or another if it is a good time to buy propane.
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Expanding your price protection window
September 3, 2024 By Mark Rachal
It would be wise for propane buyers to expand the time frame in which they obtain price protection beyond one year.
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Major impacts averted in Canadian railway labor dispute
August 28, 2024 By Brian Richesson
Compared to the same time period last summer, rail-car volumes from Canada were about 50 percent lower immediately after the lockout ended, NPGA says.
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