On the Brink of Blackouts, Texas Makes Case for New Plants

Aug 15, 2019 | News

by Chris Martin and Naureen S Malik, August 14, 2019 It may be time to start building power plants in Texas again. The state’s generators made a killing this week as unrelenting heat sent electricity prices skyrocketing to unprecedented levels, briefly blowing past a...

OTC GLOBAL HOLDINGS’ CHOICE! POWER ADDS ENERGY VETERAN THOMAS BLAKESLEE

May 21, 2019 | News

NEW YORK (May 21, 2019) – Choice! Power, a subsidiary of leading independent interdealer broker in over-the-counter commodities OTC Global Holdings (OTCGH), today announced the addition of Thomas Blakeslee. The 25-year energy veteran joins OTCGH’s power and gas...

Brexit Weighs on Oil and Gas Firms

Apr 1, 2019 | News

The eyes of the world are on the UK Parliament, where members of the House of Commons on Friday again defeated a plan outlining terms for the UK to withdraw from the European Union (EU). Nearly 52 percent of the UK electorate participating in the June 23, 2016,...

Exchange giants take their rivalry to Texas as shale oil booms

Feb 12, 2019 | News

Battle of the contracts reflects Houston’s growing status as an energy trading hotspot Gregory Meyer in New York and David Sheppard in London yesterday The world’s two biggest energy exchanges have taken their fierce rivalry to Houston, Texas in pursuit of business...

U.S. oil sanctions on Iran threaten global supplies, but a demand slowdown poses a real risk

Sep 21, 2018 | News

There are still several weeks before U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil actually kick in, but expectations of tight crude inventories already have contributed to much of this year’s gain in global prices. The rise has come despite concerns over potentially lower energy...