Commodity price volatility has always been with us and is the single biggest variable in forecasting EBIT for non-integrated independent exploration and production companies.

Crimson Exploration expanded its second lien facility and extended its maturity by three years.

XTO Energy Inc. has updated its price hedges for future sales of production in 2010.

W&T Offshore has established a group of commodity hedge positions as part of a risk management program to enhance its 2010 CAPEX budget.

IPAA staff recently discussed the legislation and the industry's concerns about commodity market regulation with CTFC policymakers.

Swift Energy Co. has increased the size of its recent public offering of shares of its common stock from 5 million shares to 5.4 million shares.

Tengasco has entered into a two-year price hedging agreement with Macquarie bank Ltd. and Sovereign Bank of Dallas.

Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group Inc.'s broker-dealer subsidiary, Rodman & Renshaw LLC maintained its leading position in PIPE transaction deal volume during the first half of 2009.

Over-the-counter derivative regulatory reforms should not jeopardize businesses’ efforts to manage financial risk, US Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said on July 10.