No commodity receives more media attention than oil, and very few commodities have a more promising future than natural gas. Whether you are a producer, aggregator, marketer or user, managing oil and natural gas price remains a key component to long-term strategy. Should you hedge or not hedge? Should you manage with financial or physical contracts? Do investors expect participation in commodity prices or stable cash flows?
Our professionals have a long history with oil and gas price risk, including extensive industry experience trading physical and financial products, managing derivative accounting effects, and implementing commodity risk management control functions. We have direct experience in, and are ready to help you work through:
- Hedge strategies to satisfy mezzanine financing requirements
- OTC counterparty vetting and selection
- Counterparty risk measurement and diversification
- Right-size system selection and valuation outsourcing
- Derivative accounting, effectiveness testing, and performance modeling
- Maintaining hedge program compliance with FERC, CFTC, and SEC requirements
- Risk strategy, asset modeling, and exposure optimization