Energy Sector Primer

Hi everyone,

I recently searched previous threads regarding a primer for oil & gas companies, but was not able to find anything other than a few posts from 2013, where members sent primers through PMs. I have done some preliminary reading and understand basic concepts (NAV for E&P is popular, PV 10 as the discount rate, etc...), but want to more thoroughly understand and eventually build models for some companies I am interested in.

Does anyone have a primer or reading recommendation for someone looking to learn how to model for oil & gas companies?

 

Energy Trading and Investing by Davis Edwards serves as a good primer and covers jsut about all tradable assets/financial contracts utilized in the energy trading space. Oil 101 is a good one as well and focuses more solely on oil trading as the name suggests. Iris Mack has also published a good book on the subject, Energy Trading and Risk Management. You can read the reviews to see which one fits best with what you are looking for. These are all full lengths books so its quite a bit more depth than say an S&P Platts primer, but all are good reads to build a solid knowledge base in both physical and financial energy trading.

 

If you're interested in the physicals space, Oil Trading Manual by Elsevier Science & David Long (correct me if I'm wrong) is an invaluable source. It'll tell you all about logistics & contracts, sourcing, hedging, different instruments, Insurance and risk management, etc etc. You can find it on Scribd. Not too expensive if you just start a membership and read it in 3 months. Though you'll have to do a bit of updating yourself on the new regulations, pipelines, access etc. I was able to have an intelligent conversation with a board member and trader of an O&G company thanks to this book and investing/trading in the energy space.

 

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