Chart 1: Crude and Propane Closing Prices (Cost Management Solutions)

Propane finding domestic, foreign buyers

May 28, 2024 By Mark Rachal

Mark Rachal evaluates propane prices and why there has been a separation in price direction between propane and crude.

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Chart 4: Current Mont Belvieu ETR

Downtrend favors propane buyers

May 13, 2024 By Mark Rachal

No matter the time of year or what is going on in the spot market, take the time to look at the forward price curve.

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Chart 2: Crude and Propane Closing Prices

Does threat or opportunity win in your propane-buying plan?

May 6, 2024 By Mark Rachal

Cost Management Solutions’ Mark Rachal discusses opportunities and guarding too closely against possible threats when it comes to buying propane supply.

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Chart 1: US Propane/Propylene Production

Clash of the titans: Propane production and exports

April 29, 2024 By Mark Rachal

Join Cost Management Solutions for a free 30-minute Virtual Hedging webinar on Wednesday, May 29 at 10 a.m….

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Propane retailers share supply strategies of past 10 years

April 17, 2024 By Brian Richesson

The anniversary winter marking 10 years since the propane supply and distribution challenges of 2013-14 is now complete.

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CHS is one of the largest propane wholesalers in the U.S. (Photo courtesy of CHS)

2024 Propane Suppliers Guide

February 12, 2024 By LP Gas

Check out LP Gas’ Suppliers Guide, a directory of the propane industry’s top product sources.

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Elected to the CHS Board of Directors at the 2023 CHS Annual Meeting were, from left, C.J. Blew, Cortney Wagner, Tony Rossman, Jon Erickson, Scott Cordes, Dan Schurr and Tracy Jones. (Photo courtesy of CHS Inc.)

CHS elects board members, passes amendments to bylaws

January 11, 2024 By Danielle Pesta

CHS Inc. owners elected seven board members to three-year terms during the cooperative’s 2023 annual meeting and approved two bylaw amendments.

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Dan Binning retires after 44 years in propane

January 8, 2024 By Brian Richesson

After 44 years in the propane industry, Dan Binning, executive director of the Colorado and New Mexico Propane…

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Propane rail terminal photo courtesy of CHS Inc.

CHS expands western propane infrastructure with new Colorado terminal

December 27, 2023 By Brian Richesson

CHS Inc. opened a new propane rail terminal in Yuma, Colorado, which is now officially online and available for use by propane marketers.

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Top 10: The best of Trader’s Corner 2023

December 26, 2023 By Brian Richesson

This year’s Trader’s Corner reports featured records, refreshers and other market insights from Mark Rachal of Cost Management Solutions.

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