Northland Energy Trading, LLC is an over-the-counter derivatives company, founded by Rich Larkin in 1998. Northland’s mission is to provide energy risk management tools to the clients of Hedge Solutions. These tools typically take the form of options, which are offered in customized increments depending on the needs of the client. Products offered are ULSD and Propane swaps and swaptions. Northland’s ability to offer less than standard contract volume (42,000 gallons) makes energy risk management accessible to all businesses that qualify as an ECP, a regulatory requirement. The time frame of coverage is also determined by the client, varying from a few days to several months.

 

Calls, Puts, and Option Combinations

  • End of Month – financially settled to the NYMEX futures price on the last business day of the contract month.
  • Daily Offset – written for a specific time period; financially settled on a daily basis to the NYMEX futures price; you specify the liquidation schedule (volume per day to be offset) up front
  • Average Price Offset – financially settled on the last business day of the contract month to the average NYMEX futures price over the contract month

 

Swaps

  • Rolling Swap – financially settled on the last day of the contract month to the NYMEX futures price
  • Bullet Swap – written to expire on a specific day; financially settled on the day of expiration to the NYMEX futures price
  • Calendar Swap – financially settled on the last day of the contract month to the average NYMEX futures price over the contract month
  • Crack Swaps – financially settled to the spreads between NYMEX crude, heating oil, and/or gasoline futures

 

Northland Energy Team

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Dan Lothrop, Trader & Analyst

Dan joined the Hedge Solutions team in 2010 with a B.A. in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.A. in Economics from the University of New Hampshire. At Hedge, Dan supported the Account Executives and their clients in maintaining client data, and grew to perform a number of analytical tasks and created tools to help their clients. He moved into the Junior Trader position at Northland Energy Trading during the summer of 2012, and became the Head Trader in the summer of 2014, and now manages an over-the-counter (OTC) book of heating oil and propane options. Dan is a frequent writer of the company’s daily newsletters, Pipeline and EER.

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Doug Blanchard, Account Manager

Doug Blanchard is the Account Manager at Northland Energy Trading. A native New Englander with family ties to the oil and energy markets running four generations, Doug’s responsibilities include client acquisition, product development, and order processing. For the first time since Northland’s inception in 1998, the products will be available to the broader industry in need of its unique hedging products. Doug is uniquely qualified to spearhead Northland’s entry into the marketplace and will be looking to build relationships with new clients.  Doug lives with his wife and two children in the Greater Boston area, where he has been for over 20 years, the past 15+ of which was spent building and overseeing businesses in the discretionary luxury commodities space.  Doug’s professional proficiencies include business strategy and development, purchasing, sales, and client relations. Prior, Doug was a Major Accounts Manager in the telecom sector and studied at Boston College where he received B.A. in both Corporate Systems and Philosophy.

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NOTE: Northland Energy (and employees acting on behalf of Northland Energy) do not provide clients with investment, trading or tax advice and therefore are not providing advice or guidance on trading or hedging strategies.