El Paso natural gas traders sentenced to prison

Hooray! Now that's out of the way and everyone know's where I stand, let me continue. Most energy commodities traded are settled on the basis of a third-party price report.  I used to be a price reporter. It's not a terrible job...except for having to deal with people blatantly trying to manipulate where you end …

Hurricane Ike – Perspective from NW Houston (2-month anniversary edition)

We made it through Ike OK. Especially compared to so many others who have suffered and lost so much. At 11:36 pm on Friday, Sept. 12 our power went out. Ike still hadn't made landfall. But the amount of water pouring into Galveston via storm surge was already quite frigtening, even from afar. Mandatory evacution orders …