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U.S. shale firms hesitate to hedge more, despite surge in oil prices

NEW YORK (Reuters) by Devika Krishna Kumar – U.S. shale producers promised investors they would keep a tight rein on spending in 2021, and the restraint on drilling has extended to their hedging strategies even as crude prices surged due to disarray among OPEC and allied producing countries. Oil demand...
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Talking UK Power with David Holt

An Interview with David Holt, CEO of Enegen ComTech Advisory: In the recent past, it has been made easier to bring smaller generation assets to the table. Can you describe how? David Holt: Whilst National Grid ESO, the UK electricity system operator (NGE) have not updated their core...
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Enuit Successfully Completes SOC® 2 Type 1 Examination, Reinforcing its Commitment to Data Security

HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, July 1, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Enuit Inc, an award-winning provider of enterprise risk management (ETRM / CTRM) solutions for energy and commodities trading companies worldwide, today announced that it has successfully completed SOC 2 Type 1 Service Organization Controls (SOC) examination. The examination affirms Enuit’s long-standing...
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UK Government opens consultation on MIFID II

Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) has opened a consultation, the “Wholesale Markets Review”, which primarily covers the future application of MIFID II in the UK, now that a separate jurisdiction exists following the end of the Brexit transition period. The consultation page can be found here and the document...
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Global copper smelting eases in June; nickel pig iron jumps

LONDON (Reuters) – Global copper smelting activity slipped in June after a rebound a month earlier as Chinese plants closed for maintenance, data from satellite surveillance of copper plants showed. Satellite service SAVANT and broker Marex said in a joint statement on Friday that they were now monitoring...
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Hitachi ABB Power Grids is evolving to become Hitachi Energy and broadens commitment to a sustainable energy future

Coinciding with its first-year anniversary, the global technology and market leader announces that it will be changing its name and corporate brand from October 2021 Hitachi ABB Power Grids today announced that it will be evolving to become Hitachi Energy from October 2021. The decision to change name has board...
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Nonfossil fuel sources accounted for 21% of U.S. energy consumption in 2020

Primary energy consumption totaled 93 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) in the United States in 2020, or 7 quads less than in 2019. Fossil fuels— specifically petroleum, natural gas, and coal— accounted for 79% of total U.S. energy consumption in 2020. About 21% of U.S. energy consumption in...
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Talking FinTrade With Brady’s Yuriy Shcherbak

Yuriy Shcherbak works for Brady as a Senior Solutions Consultant for its Fintrade software product and has some interesting takes on the market and CTRM software in general. I spoke with him last week to discuss market trends. “Metals are currently the more volatile commodities (among those served...
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Likron Bullish and Looking to self-Trading Power Plants

Late last year, Likron was acquired by Volue AS after being in business independently for around 10-years. A pioneer and a market leader in short-term trading solutions, it and the former Visotech (acquired by Trayport) have essentially dominated the market for automated trading software solutions in Europe although...
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Enegen See Pros and Cons in Remote Working

I had an interesting conversation with Enegen’s David Calmonson this week. He reports that things may have slowed a little in terms of UK power and software in recent weeks, perhaps as we go into the summer, versus how busy it was a couple of months ago. Despite...
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