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Mocoh Selects CTRM system using capSpire’s Advisory Services

POSTED BY capSpire ON May 14, 2018 IN Advisory Services, Blog, News, Press Release

Mocoh, a leading global supplier of crude oil and refined products, chose capSpire to help the company evaluate commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) systems. Mocoh’s decision to invest in a CTRM system followed a period of incredible growth, including its recent contract with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company. Through its advisory services and drawing …

Permian Basin: Optimizing Lease Crude Supply During a Refinery Turnaround

POSTED BY Thomas Hunt ON May 7, 2018 IN Blog, Digital Transformation, E/CTRM, Optimization

Between March and May of this year, we have seen a perfect storm of supply-and-demand imbalances in the Permian Basin. Production hit record levels of 3 million barrels per day (bpd) according to the EIA, refineries shut down for annual turnarounds, and pipeline takeaway capacity reached its limits. All this has culminated in the Midland-Cushing …

Plug-and-Play Connectivity Between Trading Exchanges and ETRM Systems for Near-Real-Time Trade Capture

POSTED BY Lee Berry ON May 2, 2018 IN Blog, E/CTRM

Are you manually capturing exchange-based trades into your energy trading and risk management (ETRM) system? This can be costly and time consuming, and can lead to errors resulting in undesirable consequences to downstream position reporting and valuation. Are you interested in automatically capturing trades from your trading exchanges directly into your ETRM system? Out of …

5 Questions CTRM Analytics Answer: Part 3

POSTED BY Scott Creed ON April 23, 2018 IN Analytics, Blog, Digital Transformation, E/CTRM

In our last few articles, we’ve discussed question 1 and question 2 that commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) analytics answer. Question 3: How is my portfolio exposed to shifting market prices? Of course, companies using CTRM platforms want to make sure that their trades are profitable. But how do you see where changes in …

How RightAngle’s Automatcher Engine Helped Musket Corporation Reduce Ticket-Processing Time By 87%

POSTED BY Rusty Robeson ON April 10, 2018 IN Blog, E/CTRM, RightAngle

How long does it take your company to process tickets, from product movement to accounts receivable? Since RightAngle s10, there have been many enhancements to the Automatcher engine. If your company is like most, you’re not fully taking advantage of this tool and are still inputting and matching tickets manually. This prolongs ticket-processing times to …

Second Question Answered By CTRM Analytics: When and Where Do I Need to Move Product?

POSTED BY Scott Creed ON April 10, 2018 IN Analytics, Blog, E/CTRM

In our last article, we discussed question 1 what commodity-trading-and-risk-management (CTRM) analytics answer. Question 2: When and where do I need to move product? CTRM systems essentially manage trading contracts and the associated data. You agree to buy or sell a product at a particular price, from a specified location, and in a certain timeframe. …

Asset Acquisitions: Opportunities for Midstream Oil and Gas Companies

POSTED BY Jason Bauer ON March 30, 2018 IN Blog, E/CTRM

Large-scale mergers and acquisitions dominated the market in 2016, when midstream oil and gas companies sought to reduce operating costs and capture emerging market opportunities. More recently, the trend seems to be going in the opposite direction, and the focus is on much smaller greenfield infrastructure builds and new asset acquisitions. The Permian, Anadarko, and …

Inventory Reconciliation Without Spreadsheets? Yes!

POSTED BY Jaydeep Shah ON March 28, 2018 IN Blog, E/CTRM, RightAngle

If your business is like many others, your personnel spend a great deal of time and effort ensuring that your inventory numbers are accurate. Inventory accuracy has far-ranging implications. In an integrated system, it allows traders to know their salable volume and what they need to purchase for future obligations. It also enables schedulers to …

6 Highlights from the 8th Annual OPIS NGL Summit 2018

POSTED BY Thomas Hunt ON March 16, 2018 IN Blog, Digital Transformation, E/CTRM, News, Optimization

A few weeks ago, hundreds of professionals in the natural gas liquids (NGL) industry gathered at the OPIS NGL Summit in San Diego, California. This is the only annual conference that brings together the majority of the industry in one place to efficiently negotiate contracts and work out deals, network, and attend educational sessions. From …

capSpire Celebrates Its Ninth Anniversary

POSTED BY capSpire ON March 2, 2018 IN Blog, News, Press Release

Boosted by the excitement of winning a prestigious “Arkansas Business of the Year” Award just last week, the capSpire team now turns its attention to celebrating its ninth year of operations—and reflecting how far the company has come from its early days in 2009. Once a small consultancy in Fayetteville, Arkansas, capSpire today is a …