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• 05/25/2009 -- Crude tops $62/bbl
  On May 20, its first day in the front month position, the July contract for benchmark US sweet, light crudes escalated $1.94 to $62.04/bbl on the New York Mercantile Exchange, marking the first closing above $60/bbl since early November.
• 05/11/2009 -- A May rally in energy prices
  Energy prices rallied in early May with natural gas climbing above $4/MMbtu and crude at one point topping $58/bbl—a new high for the year.
• 02/16/2009 -- WTI, Brent spread widens
  Front-month oil prices fell in mid-February to the lowest closing since late December on NYMEX but at the same time increased on ICE futures in Europe, widening the spread between WTI and North Sea Brent.
• 07/20/2009 -- Gas market seeks sign
  Four consecutive weeks of smaller-than-expected injections of natural gas into US storage triggered a 12% price jump for the front-month contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange in mid-July in what some hoped might be the first sign that well shut-ins and reduced drilling may be decreasing supply.
• 11/09/2009 -- DB: Markets are between recessions
  The recession appears to have ended in June, “although not officially declared yet,” said analysts with Deutsche Bank AG, London.