Posts by Mark Rachal
In trying to determine if propane supplies will tighten going forward, CMS has been monitoring propane production from natural gas processing plants. Read more»
Today’s Trader’s Corner looks at one of the staples of managing propane supply price risk: call options. Read more»
Propane retailers and their customers may have been feeling the heat of higher propane prices recently. Read more»
Propane prices in the United States have fallen into a downtrend since the middle of May, reports Cost Management Solutions in the June 6 issue of Trader’s Corner. Read more»
As propane retailers, we consider our hard-won customers the only ones interested in buying our propane. We believe we must wait until our customers need the propane or are willing... Read more»
The price discount of Edmonton propane to Conway propane is lessening as Canadian supply gets tighter. The chart shows Canadian propane inventory slightly below its five-year average. That is a... Read more»
Crude and propane prices are in the midst of a very strong run. Anytime a market has been in a strong uptrend, there is always concern that it could end... Read more»
A huge jump in propane/propylene production was a key factor in the well-above-normal 2.259-million-barrel inventory build reported by the Energy Information Administration for the week ending April 22. Propane production... Read more»
For several weeks, the Energy information Administration has reported above-average inventory builds. However, the builds have not been evenly distributed throughout the nation. Most of the builds have come in... Read more»
Many propane retailers may find themselves in a bit of a quandary concerning managing the risk of higher propane prices this winter. On the one hand, there are reasons not... Read more»
