Our Products & Services
RBS Sempra Commodities is a full-service energy trading company - one of the largest in North America. We market and trade physical and financial energy products for natural gas, power, petroleum, LNG, coal, emissions and ethanol.
Natural Gas Trading
As a leading international natural gas marketer, RBS Sempra Commodities maintains an active presence in natural gas fixed-for-floating swaps, basis, options, and other pricing benchmarks. We work with natural gas producers, pipelines, and consumers in the US, Canada and Europe, managing supply and transportation assets in order to provide customers with expert delivery service. We are the largest non-producer affiliated trader of natural gas in North America.
Our Approach
Our people have unparalleled expertise with both a Wall Street mentality and a fundamentals-based approach. Our physical and financial trading and risk management are seamless, allowing for the efficient pricing and execution of deals. We focus on solutions for our customers and provide risk management products, load management and transport and storage services.
Our Fundamentals
Our fundamentals and weather desks follow natural gas markets to a breadth and depth unmatched by other players in the industry. This research allows us to act faster in taking advantage of market trends for our client base. Researchers follow all components that drive natural gas prices, such as: fundamental demand, supply by basin, competing imports of natural gas, and fuel switching. Price trends and movements in futures and cash markets are also tracked.
Our Customers
Our customer base includes power generators, gas producers, LNG importers, utilities, cities and municipalities, industrials and commercials. We currently work with more than 500 counterparties.
Our Regional Look
Experts use their in-depth knowledge to optimize asset value for clients. We have the liquidity, credit support and legal and regulatory skills necessary to place large amounts of gas profitably in the market on a monthly and daily basis. We optimize and maximize profits on a daily basis by physically flowing gas between major trading hubs and pipelines and their interconnecting hubs.
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On the Gulf Coast and Midcontinent
- We have the necessary interruptible and pooling agreements with most of the large Gulf Coast inter- and intrastate pipelines to be able to effectively place gas.
- We control about 8 bcfd of firm storage and 7-10 bcfd under structured storage transactions.
- We manage fuel supply requirements for Texas power plants with a total maximum daily commitment of 280,000 MMBtu/day.
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On the West Coast (including Western Canada)
- We offer a wide range of customer sensitive load-shaping products to clients such as large utilities and generation companies.
- We work with all the major pipelines in the region, including, CIG, Williston, Trailblazer, Kern River, Rockies Express, Northwest, Transcolorado, El Paso, GTN, Transwestern, PG&E and Socal.
- We are a purchaser of LNG from Energia Costa Azul in Mexico, which is the first LNG terminal to be built on the US West Coast. We will be managing and scheduling about 500,000 MMBtu/day to, among others, Mexico's state-owned utility (CFE).
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In the Northeast region (including Eastern Canada)
- We own or manage transport on all the major pipelines in the region.
- We control about 8 bcfd of storage.
- We manage fuel supply requirements for a number of power plants with a maximum commitment of 800,000 MMBtu/day.
- We manage gas supply requirements for 6 municipal gas companies.
Sempra Energy Europe Ltd. is an affiliate of RBS Sempra Commodities and one of the leading multi-commodity trading companies in Europe.
RBS Sempra Metals is a top tier global market maker and trader, and leading Ring Dealing Member of the London Metal Exchange specialising in base metals, precious metals, steel and plastics markets.