Energy is being consumed at every hour of the day everywhere on earth. Thus, energy commodities are being bought and sold constantly to fill this demand. When we are talking about prices for the actual physical production and consumption of natural gas and crude oil, we are talking about the "cash" market. In this lesson, we will explore the ways in which cash prices are established in the physical marketplace, historical pricing, the main publications that report these prices, and the methodologies they use to collect the data.
At the successful completion of this lesson, students should be able to:
This lesson will take us one week to complete. There are a number of required activities in this module. The chart below provides an overview of the activities for this lesson. For assignment details, refer to the location noted.
All assignments will be due Sunday, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
REQUIREMENT | LOCATION | SUBMITTING YOUR WORK |
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Lesson Quiz | Modules > Lesson 5: Energy Commodity Logistics - Crude Oil | Submitted through Canvas |
Mini-lecture: Pricing - Physical Natural Gas & Crude Oil | Mini-lecture: Pricing - Physical Natural Gas & Crude Oil page | No submission |
Lesson Activity | Lesson Activity page | Submitted through Canvas |
Fundamental Factors (on-going) | Lesson Activity page | Submitted through Canvas |
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