If you are involved in the energy industry you understand well the ever increasing complexity of the marketplace. From regulation and reporting, to data management and daily closeout, these activities draw your focus from the activities that push your business forward. Not to mention that the volume of data and the activity that relies on […]
ZE is Hosting an event, Analyzing and Extracting Value for the Evolving Complex Data Landscape, in Zurich, ch on June 28, 2016. This event is focused on the changing landscape of the data universe and how it is affecting many global industries. Not only is the market place variation uncharacteristically large for the Oil, Gas […]
In May this year, ZE hosted not one, but two exciting events in Vancouver, BC; the ZEMA User Forum and the North American Energy Markets Association (NAEMA) 2014 Spring Conference and Annual Meeting, both held at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver. The ZEMA User Forum, a client-only event, took place from May 27-28, and provided an […]
Recently we at ZE co-hosted a live webinar with our partner WG Consulting to demonstrate how an integrated ZEMA and Spotfire solution helps users extract the most value from their data. Valuable market intelligence can be gained through the combination of ZEMA’s data collection and integration functionalities and Spotfire’s visualization capabilities. During the webinar, we highlighted ZEMA’s ability to feed both […]
When discussing oil, the Middle East immediately comes to mind. It is at the core of multiple current events occurring in the world, politically, religiously, economically, and in the energy market; therefore, it is no surprise that at the Platt’s Global Crude Oil Summit, there will be a session dedicated solely to core trends in […]
This past week we were in Las Vegas for Platts 29th Annual Global Power Markets Conference (GPM) that took place at the Wynn Resort and Casino. The three day conference was spectacularly organized and run by Platts representatives, with great attractions at the end of each day to facilitate deeper relationships between attendees. There were […]
Environmental markets are the most recent addition to a wide spectrum of energy and commodity marketplaces. It is not an easy task to remain in tune with developments in conventional types of markets (if I dare to name them this way) with their constantly shifting and transforming structures and changing types of participants. Following up on […]
In an unprecedented move, China rejected a quarter of U.S. corn imports this year after discovering the corn violated its ban on specific genetically modified foods. China found 545,000 metric tons of U.S. corn unacceptable after finding it contained MIR162, an insect resistant strain of the grain (The Wall Street Journal). Although MIR162 has been […]
Any time data must be put through a manual process, there is a risk of human error. The more often a business uses manual processes, the greater the likelihood that mistakes will occur; no organization is immune to the reality that manual process and human error go hand in hand. As recently as October of […]
On December 12, 2013, I had the pleasure of attending the 16th annual Platts Global Energy Awards with my father and CEO of ZE PowerGroup, Dr. Zak El-Ramly; my mother and Corporate Secretary of ZE, Salwe El-Ramly; my sister, ZE’s Director of Global Markets, Manal El-Ramly; and Shilpa Mullan, Director of Sales for ZE’s New […]