TAG: financial hedging

Chart 1: Belvieu propane percentage of crude

Propane prices remain stable, relatively cheap

May 11, 2026 By

Mark Rachal parses through what is impacting propane prices and inventories.

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How to use swaps as price protection

August 4, 2025 By

Mark Rachal details the process of using swaps as price protection when buying propane.

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Chart 3: Crude Oil - WTI

Contangoed vs. backwardated crude price curves and propane prices

May 13, 2025 By

Mark Rachal looks at the impact of crude forward price curves on propane prices.

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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)

Trading versus hedging in propane futures

April 15, 2025 By

Mark Rachal, director of research and publications, explains key concepts in propane futures.

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Use swaps, pre-buys and physicals to manage risk

November 25, 2024 By

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

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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

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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Chart 3: Mont Belvieu Close vs 10 & 40 Day Moving Averages (Chart: Cost Management Solutions)

Is there an opportunity in the propane market?

March 11, 2024 By

Propane prices have been declining since the middle of February. The market feels bearish – and with good reason.

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Chart 2: Total US Propane/Propylene Inventory (Cost Management Solutions)

Propane is a cheap Btu

October 30, 2023 By

Cost Management Solutions’ Mark Rachal, director of research and publications, discusses propane’s relative value to crude and inventory options this winter. 

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Angus Energy hires account executive

October 11, 2023 By

Nicolas Pintabona joined Angus Energy as an account executive, focused on hedging opportunities for the company’s client list and expanding in the Northeast.

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Synergy Commodity hires senior adviser

September 20, 2022 By

Price risk management firm Synergy Commodity hired Arthur Ravo as a senior adviser. He has more than 32 years of experience in propane supply and hedging.

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