Can the propane industry handle this winter storm?

January 6, 2025 By Mark Rachal

Mark Rachal, director of research and publications, examines how the latest winter storm and falling temperatures could impact propane prices.

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Opportunities in propane prices

December 30, 2024 By Mark Rachal

Mark Rachal looks ahead at propane prices in the new year and beyond, and explains the relationship between propane and crude oil.

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Dustin Delay shares advice on fixed-cost budget programs

December 13, 2024 By Sydney Fischer and Danielle Pesta

Dustin Delay, business development manager for Cost Management Solutions, gives his biggest piece of advice for propane retailers.

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Propane marketers can reassess and repurpose tank assets that are already in the field to avoid buying new tanks at relatively high prices. (Photo by LP Gas staff)

Where is the propane industry today?

December 13, 2024 By LP Gas

Members of the LPG Editorial Advisory Board share their answers.

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Sorting out Midwest propane inventory confusion

December 9, 2024 By Mark Rachal

This week, Mark Rachal, director of research and publications, parses out a discrepancy in Midwest propane inventory.

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Could propane prices fall in December?

December 2, 2024 By Mark Rachal

Mark Rachal explains why propane prices may fall this December.

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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.

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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.

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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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