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Skarvi Systems Targets Oil Company ETRM Space

In the CTRM software space, there are always new entrants. I got introduced to a recent new entrant recently in the form of London-based Skarvi Systems and its CEO, Ramanathan Ravi. Ramanathan’s story is a familiar one to me. He is a veteran of the oil industry and...
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Redditors, Robinhood, Google and CTRM

Recently, I wrote an article about the Redditors, Robinhood, and the impact on commodity firms. I also participated in a Commodities People webinar on the same topic. My thinking was that this new trend of retail investors driven by Reddit groups and social media would have a limited...
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Fendahl At Full Steam

Fendahl’s quiet start to 2020 did not last and the vendor ended up having a good year according to Henry Thornalley. “We kept running at full steam,” he said. “And ended up signing four new customers.” Fendahl also hired three new sales staff and has a very strong...
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Have Your Say?

A few years ago, we looked at the role of disruptive technologies in commodities and issued a report on the topic. Back then, there was a lot of buzz around blockchain yet our research suggested that blockchain may still be some years away in terms of true large-scale...
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It’s Silly Season Again…

Yes – it’s my annual post about awards. I just got an email from an associate editor at a US-based magazine informing me that ComTech had been identified by its review board as one of the top ETRM vendors in the world. To celebrate this fact, if we...
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PCI – A Record Year in 2020 and a fast start in 2021

I recently had the opportunity to get an update from Shailesh Mishra, VP at Power Costs Inc. (PCI) in which we discussed PCI’s 2020 results, the outlook for 2021, and get his take on new market drivers that are either accelerating or just now beginning to take hold....
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The Texas power melt down…there is a story for every agenda.

The events of the last week in the Texas ERCOT market area have become fodder for every conceivable agenda, viewpoint, and argument, including political, environmental, and even cultural debates.  Unfortunately, few of these arguments have been supported by facts – usually they are based on cherry-picked anecdotes, and...
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EnergyOne has an Impressive first Half

Last week, EnergyOne announced its half-year results for the period ending 31st December 2020 and they make for some impressive reading. It saw revenues increase by 45% and EBITDA rise by 78% calling the six-month period performance “very strong” and setting expectations for the second half of the...
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Contigo Busy Amid UK Price Volatility

Contigo is being kept pretty busy by two large implementation projects it has going on, CEO, Simon Wheeler told me last week.  Of the two projects, one had a phase 1 go live in December last year and the other is set for a phase 1 go live...
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Gen10 Geared up for Decentralization

In a recent set of conversations with Gen10, we discussed the so-called 3D trends of decarbonization, decentralization, and digitalization in commodities. A previous blog dealt with Gen10’s views on decarbonization. In this article, I cover the discussion with Gen10’s Richard Williamson about decentralization and its impacts in the...
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