Use swaps, pre-buys and physicals to manage risk

November 25, 2024 By Mark Rachal

Cost Management Solutions discusses three tools that propane retailers can use to manage supply side risk.

This article is tagged with Cost Management Solutions, financial hedging, Mark Rachal, propane prices, propane supply, Trader's Corner and posted in Blue Flame Blog

Surge in propane supply doesn’t eliminate risks in logistics

November 18, 2024 By Brian Richesson

The surge in domestic propane supply ranks among the top trends shaping the propane industry over the past 15 years.

This article is tagged with Pat Hyland, Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), propane exports, propane imports, propane inventory, propane prices, propane supply, shale gas, Trader's Corner, Tucker Perkins, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and posted in Blue Flame Blog

Midwest propane inventories on the rise

November 11, 2024 By Mark Rachal

Propane inventories are high everywhere, but it’s the Midwest inventory chart that stands out.

This article is tagged with Cost Management Solutions, inventory, Mark Rachal, Midwest, propane inventories, propane inventory, propane traders, Trader's Corner and posted in Blue Flame Blog

What your peers are saying about propane supply

November 4, 2024 By Brian Richesson

Each year at the LP Gas Growth Summit, we ask propane retailers about the supply picture in their region of the country and the strategies they use in their operations.

This article is tagged with LP Gas Growth Summit, suppliers, supply, Trader's Corner and posted in Blue Flame Blog

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.

This article is tagged with Cost Management Solutions, financial swaps, Mark Rachal, propane traders, Trader's Corner and posted in Blue Flame Blog

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.

This article is tagged with Cost Management Solutions, crude inventory, inventory, Mark Rachal, propane inventories, propane prices, propane traders, Trader's Corner, WTI and posted in Blue Flame Blog

Propane inventories back on track

October 14, 2024 By Mark Rachal

Mark Rachal explores the recent moves in propane inventories.

This article is tagged with Cost Management Solutions, Mark Rachal, propane demand, propane inventories, Trader's Corner, U.S. propane inventory and posted in Blue Flame Blog

Chart 1: Crude and propane closing prices

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.

This article is tagged with Cost Management Solutions, crude prices, Mark Rachal, Mont Belvieu, propane prices, propane pricing, propane traders, Trader's Corner and posted in Blue Flame Blog

Chart 1: Mont Belvieu - ETR - Sept 2024 through August 2027 (Chart: Cost Management Solutions)

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.

This article is tagged with Cost Management Solutions, financial hedging, financial swaps, Mark Rachal, Mont Belvieu, propane demand, propane exports, propane imports, propane pricing, propane production, propane supply, Trader's Corner and posted in Blue Flame Blog

Imbalances between propane production, export capacity

September 23, 2024 By Mark Rachal

Export economics are wide open for U.S. propane.

This article is tagged with Cost Management Solutions, Mark Rachal, propane exports, propane pricing, propane production, propane traders, Trader's Corner and posted in Blue Flame Blog

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