Natural Gas Risk Management

What You Will Learn

You’ll examine:

• Market macro and micro fundamentals
• Natural Gas purchasing and selling methodology
• Processing and marketing
• Futures and options for natural gas risk management
• Over-the-counter swaps, options, forwards for natural gas risk management and trading
• Techniques to put all of these pieces together.

We will also cover:

• What market factors impact your margins and why you need to manage your company’s risk.
• How to assess the risk profile of your company and implement a hedge strategy.
• Best practices for a commercial hedging program in the natural gas industry.
• Designing your risk management program, defining your hedge objectives and determining the appropriate hedge strategies for your company.
• Development of daily marked to market, monitoring and adjusting your hedge strategy.
• The importance of OTC swaps and exchange-traded futures in development and implementation of a successful commercial hedging operation in the natural gas industry.