Propane finding domestic, foreign buyers
May 28, 2024 By Mark Rachal
Mark Rachal evaluates propane prices and why there has been a separation in price direction between propane and crude.
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Downtrend favors propane buyers
May 13, 2024 By Mark Rachal
No matter the time of year or what is going on in the spot market, take the time to look at the forward price curve.
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Does threat or opportunity win in your propane-buying plan?
May 6, 2024 By Mark Rachal
Cost Management Solutions’ Mark Rachal discusses opportunities and guarding too closely against possible threats when it comes to buying propane supply.
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Clash of the titans: Propane production and exports
April 29, 2024 By Mark Rachal
Join Cost Management Solutions for a free 30-minute Virtual Hedging webinar on Wednesday, May 29 at 10 a.m….
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Tighter refined fuels inventories could be ahead
February 26, 2024 By Mark Rachal
Mark Rachal, director of research and publications at Cost Management Solutions, discusses the impacts of a tighter inventory for refined fuels this summer.
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Propane demand continues at record high
February 20, 2024 By Mark Rachal
Mark Rachal says it may take a while to relieve some of the recent pressure on prices but thinks inventory tightness is more temporary than systemic.
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Back to backwardation for crude
February 12, 2024 By Mark Rachal
This week, Mark Rachal of Cost Management Solutions explains why fundamentals are not the only factors impacting commodities trading.
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Propane market reaches normalization
February 5, 2024 By Mark Rachal
Despite the recent decline in inventories and the rise in prices, the propane market simply has gone from abnormally bearish to more normalized.
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Propane inventory posts largest draw on record
January 29, 2024 By Mark Rachal
Mark Rachal, director of research and publications at Cost Management Solutions, evaluates the largest propane inventory draw on record.
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Closing propane forward positions
January 22, 2024 By Mark Rachal
This week, Mark Rachal, director of research and publications, discusses the process of closing propane forward positions.
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