ESCP Europe

"For twenty-five years Vincent Kaminski has been a leading expert and innovator in the energy markets industry. This new book, Energy Markets, draws on his unparalleled experience to cover every aspect of this volatile, fascinating sector from its physical, financial and geopolitical foundations to the fundamentals of production, transportation, storage and distribution. Energy Markets reflects the changing world of these capricious, complex markets, equipping the reader with the tools to understand and compete in them. from back cover.

SECTION 1: ENERGY TRADING: THE PAST AND THE FUTURE --- 1. Energy trading and marketing: the macro view --- 2. Energy trading: the organization --- 3. Weather information in energy trading --- SECTION 2: PARTICIPANTS AND INSTRUMENTS --- 4. Energy markets: the instruments --- 5. Energy markets: structured transactions --- 6. Energy markets: exchanges --- 7. Energy markets: market participants and regulatory developments --- SECTION 3: NATURAL GAS --- 8. Natural gas: upstream --- 9. Non-conventional natural gas --- 10. Natural gas transportation and storage --- 11. US natural gas markets --- 12. International natural gas markets --- SECTION 4: OIL MARKETS ---13. Oil markets: properties, production and reserves --- 14. Non-conventional oil --- 15. Oil processing --- 16. Oil transportation and storage --- 17. Oil pricing --- 18. Transactions in the oil markets --- SECTION 5: ELECTRICITY, EMISSIONS AND COAL --- 19. Electricity: the basics --- 20. Power generation --- 21. Transmission, loads and power pools --- 22. Analytical tools --- 23. Electricity markets transactions --- 24. Manipulation and gaming of energy markets --- 25. Emission markets --- 26. Coal conclusion.