Author Archives: Vahid Golchin
Platts Global Crude Oil Summit: Stay on Top of the Recent Trends in Oil Benchmarks with ZEMA
The oil pricing landscape is facing critical changes as regional activities surrounding established benchmarks are impacting markets on a global scale. Asia’s lower-than-anticipated appetite for crude oil, coupled with the…
Europe’s Regulatory Changes: Compliance with Regulations through Data Management
Europe’s answer to addressing the risks of over the counter (OTC) trading has been impacting the derivatives market for over a year now,1 and market participants are concurrently finding themselves…
CAISO Dealing with Renewable Generation: Staying Competitive with More Data
The ever-evolving deregulated power markets in North America are certainly keeping market participants on their toes. As data volumes and publication frequencies increase, so does the risk of making misinformed…
Globalization of the Natural Gas Market and North American Impact: Data Changes That Can’t Be Ignored
On-demand access to accurate pricing data is pivotal for market players in the oil and gas industry to make better and timelier strategic decisions in order to drive their core…
A Year in Review – The Fiscal Cliff’s Effects on Global Markets
The fiscal cliff in the United States was the hot topic surrounding domestic economic policy throughout 2012, as my colleague Ian Mathieson discussed in his year in review last December.…
Oil Markets Evolving with Shifting Political Climates in the Middle East
In the last 20 years, demand for oil and natural gas in Turkey has increased exponentially, and the country has developed into a significant consumer within the energy markets; however,…