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Reading the Derivatives Markets: Oil Futures Prices May Not Mean What You Think
Jun 28th
This is one of my MUST READS.
Reading the Derivatives Markets: Oil Futures Prices May Not Mean What You Think | Texas Enterprise.
by Sheridan Titman on March 22, 2011
Written in conjunction with Malcolm Wardlaw
As I mentioned in my earlier posts on crude price divergence, the market’s view of the Gulf oil spill post-event and future oil prices, futures prices provide “forecasts” of future oil and gas prices. However, people in the industry tend to misunderstand the relation between futures prices and the prices that are expected to be realized in the future, and perhaps because of this, they tend to be somewhat critical about the accuracy of those More >
University Receives $19 Million To Monitor Carbon Storage Project
Jul 8th
June 28, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas—The University of Texas at Austin will receive up to $19 million from the U.S. Department of Energy and NRG Energy to design and oversee a monitoring plan for a carbon capture and storage demonstration project in southeast Texas.
The project will demonstrate advanced technology to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from a coal-fired power plant.
This project will be among the first in the state of Texas, and one of only a handful in the world, to use anthropogenic CO2 as opposed to naturally occurring CO2 for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). EOR is a technique that More >
Sustainable Business Summit (FEB 5)- McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
Feb 1st
Welcome to the Sustainable Business Summit 2010
Join us for Texas’ premier conference on sustainable business, hosted at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin on February 5th, 2010.
Sustainability is one of the most misunderstood words in today’s marketplace. By bringing together diverse perspectives from the world’s most respected business and sustainability experts, the summit will offer a great opportunity to discuss how the business community defines sustainability and how businesses can effectively implement and profit from sustainable business practices. With a greater understanding of what defines sustainability, you will move beyond “why sustainability,” and engage in More >
2nd Annual Workshop on Electrochemistry, UT Austin, February 6-7
Jan 3rd
Second Annual Workshop on Electrochemistry University of Texas at Austin February 6-7, 2010 “Mechanistic Electrochemistry and Electroanalysis”
Online Registration is now available.
The 2010 CEC Electrochemistry Workshop “Mechanistic Electrochemistry and Electroanalysis” will be held at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center on the University of Texas campus at Austin, Texas.
The Center For Electrochemistry (CEC) will host their 2nd annual electrochemistry workshop entitled “Mechanistic Electrochemistry and Electroanalysis.” This exclusive workshop, featuring scientists and researchers from top universities and national labs, will discuss cutting edge electrochemical science addressing issues with respect to the mechanisms of electron transfer which enables design and application of electrochemical concepts. For More >
