RBAC Inc., Energy Market Simulation Systems

2024’s Key Themes for Natural Gas and LNG

What are the key themes to emerge in Natural Gas and LNG so far in 2024? Top industry organizations have weighed in on the matter, including the IGU in their world LNG report. Some takeaways with graphs from RBAC include: Supply Constraints and Equilibrium: The global LNG market has reached a newfound but fragile equilibrium […]

Global Natural Gas Disruptions and the Role of Energy Market Simulation

RBAC’s Founder and CEO, Dr. Robert Brooks, joins David Blackmon to discuss exactly what energy market simulation is and its purpose in modeling real-world scenarios such as conflict in the Red Sea, slowdowns in the Panama Canal, reduced gas flows to Europe from Russia, the U.S. LNG export project permitting pause, and growth of emerging […]

Is Natural Gas Argentina’s Silver Lining?

Argentina has the second largest shale gas reserves in the world; with a new president having to face the dark clouds of rampant inflation and economic chaos, could their natural gas be the silver lining they are looking for? Argentina’s President-elect, Javier Milei, a free-market economist and libertarian, has a herculean task in front of […]

G2M2 23Q3 Base Case Release

The G2M2 Software and 23Q3Base quarterly database has been loaded to the RBAC website for download.  Below is a short 23Q3Base Forecast Bulletin with highlights from this new release.  For more information or assistance, please call RBAC Technical Support at 281-506-0588 x112.

GPCM version 12.3.1.21 Now Available!

RBAC is pleased to announce the release of GPCM 12.3.1.21. The release includes several important improvements and bug fixes, as seen below. Improvements We’ve updated the LNG Imports & Exports Summaries; MMTPA was changed to MT (Metric Tonnes). As a rate, MMTPA could be higher on a specific month than for the year overall, but […]

GPCM 23Q3 Base Case Release

The 23Q3base quarterly GPCM database has been loaded to the RBAC website for download.  Below is a short 23Q3base Forecast Bulletin with highlights from this new release.  We have also attached a .pdf for your convenience. For more information or assistance, please call RBAC Technical Support at 281-506-0588 x112.

African Energy Resources Must Benefit Africa

Africa Energy Week was huge. With thousands of attendees at the 5-day event, and multiple concurrent sessions, here are some takeaways from the continent which is the size of the U.S., Europe and China combined, and which is blessed with abundant oil, natural gas, and minerals. Strong Words When African leaders took the stage at […]

GPCM version 12.3.0.19 Now Available!

RBAC is pleased to announce the release of GPCM 12.3.0.19. The release includes several important improvements and bug fixes, as seen below. Improvements Added multiple Scenario display to Source Destination Flows. In previous versions of SDF, the results could only display one scenario at a time. However now, in a multi-file database, you can have […]

GPCM 23Q2 Base Case Release

The 23Q2base quarterly GPCM database has been loaded to the RBAC website for download.  Below is a short 23Q2base Forecast Bulletin with highlights from this new release.  We have also attached a .pdf for your convenience. For more information or assistance, please call RBAC Technical Support at 281-506-0588 x112.

Using Models Specifically for Trading

Natural Gas Market Analytics in Trading Most trading-based analytics focus on supply-demand balance assessments to determine whether the current market is loose or tight versus some historical perspective – e.g., prior year, 5-year average, etc. At a high level, these assessments can prove useful in developing profitable trading strategies, but they often miss regional (or […]