Patterson & Associates
Natural Gas
TrAininG Classes
Nominations Thru Allocations
Jorinda McNew, Assistant - Commercial Marketing Enterprise Products Partners
With just starting to train for scheduling the class was very helpful and informative. Paige was a great instructor I really enjoyed her class and teaching techniques.
The Nomination thru Allocations Training Class explains the purposes and reasons for the nomination, confirmation and scheduling process, who the various industry players that are involved in the process are, their roles in the process and the effects of the nomination/confirmation/scheduling process on these various players. The importance of the nomination/confirmation/scheduling activity both operationally and financially will be explained in detail. The mechanics of the nomination/confirmation/scheduling process will be taught with the use of actual nomination forms and case studies. The class will analyze the scheduling and allocation processes and their effects on cashouts, OFOs, OBAs, and penalties. The case studies will also be used to illustrate the importance of tracking nominations and real-time data for balancing and penalty purposes and how critical nominations are to the accounting and billing sub-processes. The training class uses case studies and in-depth discussions of real problems at a nuts-and-bolts level to illustrate the concepts being discussed.
Paige does a great job she is very knowledgeable and material is very relevant. Im looking forward to taking the Risk Management class!
David Miller
Business Development
SoTex Fuels
Customer
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Students attending this training class will learn:
how to identify the various nomination forms and the data required to use these
forms
how does the pipeline schedule available firm and interruptible capacity
how the curtailment and interruptions in service affect the nomination process
how storage, hubs, and market centers affect the nomination process
how the confirmation/scheduling process works and ways to make the complex
process work smoothly
the importance of the contracting and supply planning function on the nomination
process
the how, when, where and why of the black-hole pipeline nomination process
how the pipeline operates on a daily basis
how to balance estimated and actual volumes during the month and at the end of
the month
how to calculate and bill the various cashout methods and penalties used today
how to properly identify and use the various complex predetermined determined
allocation methods and OBAs
Section I - Introduction to the physical, regulatory and economic environment in which the Gas Management professional works on a daily basis.
Section II - Nominations discusses the data requirements and operational procedures for dealing with a request for service.
Section III - Confirmation discusses problems associated with daisy chains and how to properly deal with them.
Section IV - Transportation discusses the daily cycle of dispatching and handling any problems associated with capacity, scheduling and curtailment.
Section V - Allocations discusses the many different allocation methods and valid solutions to allocation problems.
Section VI Balancing and Penalties discusses the revenue considerations of imbalances and penalties and provides an opportunity to discuss any questions.
