Whether you trade physical or financial energy commodities or even energy related equities, Thomson Reuters offers a unique tropical service that has been refined to extract the highest value from seasonal storm-related market volatility. Weather Insight Tropical service is a unique application which gives traders the ability to:

• Learn of a developing tropical system before the general market
• Gain quick and precise meteorological update of the strengthening/weakening of any system prior to mainstream reports
• Instantly calculate off-shore production impacts implied from changing tropical forecasts
• Track the probable paths of major disturbances using an interactive Google Earth based application.
  
  

MAIN FEATURES:

Tropical Dashboard

• The ‘Rumor’ Mill
  Automated Instant Messaging alerts are sent when government weather models depict any possible formation of a tropical system.
  
• Strengthening / Weakening Updates
  Our experienced meteorological staff instantly provide updates containing:
  • the probability the tropical system forms into a hurricane,
  • the probability the tropical system is now a hurricane moving into the Gulf of Mexico,
  • the probability it will be a hurricane entering the key energy production area in the Gulf of Mexico. 
• Production Tracker
  Every 3 hours, updating tropical weather forecasts will recalculate estimated off-shore production shut in due to short-term evacuations and outages susceptible to long-term damage.  The on-shore crude oil refining production is also calculated.
  
  

Interactive Storm Tracker
The Interactive Storm Tracker offers a Google Earth based look at tropical systems as they develop and move closer to off-shore production and on-shore refining areas.

The IBIS Report
The IBIS Report is a web based newsletter providing updates from a dedicated team of meteorologists. IBIS offers detailed analysis of factors contributing to storm development or dispersal along with comprehensive maps/graphics.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE FEATURES:

• Unique Production Tracker
  Estimate short-term disruptions of daily offshore production of crude oil and natural gas which is likely to come off-line due to tropical activity. Quickly assess production that is likely to sustain longer-term disruption due to storm damage.

• Refining Affected
  Predict the potential loss of onshore refining capacity due to gale and/or hurricane force winds.

• WithIndustrial Information Resources, track real-time status of all refineries and refinery turnaround dates. 
• Stay informed with Reuters Messenger’s IM alerts related to key tropical information, in real-time.  

 
Weather Insight Tropical is a stand-alone service delivered through Point Carbon platform and is fee-liable. Please contact 
commoditiesenergy@thomsonreuters.com for further information.