Energy Seminars Inc
Friday, May 18, 2012
Continuing Education for the Energy Industries

 Natural Gas 101


 
 June 20-21, 2012     Pittsburgh PA
                                Hotel to be announced
COURSE DETAILS
CPE: Recommended 11 hours
Course: Basic to Intermediate
Prerequisites: None. No advance preparation needed.
Instructional Method: Live
Cost: $898
 
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Brief:
A Hands-On, Step-by-Step, Nuts & Bolts Primer on Natural Gas from the Wellhead to the Burnertip.

FULL COLOR PRINT BROCHURE

Schedule:
Day 1 - 8:30am - 5:00pm
Day 2 - 8:30am - Noon

Who Should Attend:
Anyone interested in advancing their career by learning more about the nuts and bolts, back to basics details of how the gas industry really works, from analysts to executives, finance to operations. A definate must for new hires.

What Past Attendees Are Saying About This Seminar: 
"Fantastic seminar and instructor.  I now understand so much more that I was unclear on. Extremely informative." - Trevor Abramson, Junior Analyst, Total Gas and Power
 
"Instructor was great.  He explained in detail, was interesting, and had a passion for what he was doing." - Amy Southworth, Transaction Analyst, ProLiance Energy
 
"Very informative, interesting, and pertinent to work and real life." - Michelle Harris, Business Analyst, Georgia Natural Gas
 
"Excellent seminar, not only for beginners. Covered an abundance of useful material with never a dull moment as in most seminars. The instructor was well informed. I was impressed." - Lynne D'Arruda, Calpine-EMI Marketing.

Agenda:

 

I. Origins and Destinations of Natural Gas:

The Big Picture

A. Physical properties of natural gas

B. Where natural gas is found

C. How natural gas is measured

D. Where have we been and where are we going: the history

and the future of natural gas in North America

E. The major consumers of natural gas: from home use to

manufacturing

F. How to understand what everybody is saying: terms and

phrases used in the natural gas industry

II. Exploration Through Distribution: The Physical Side

A. Exploration: the role of the geologists and technology

B. Drilling: onshore and offshore

C. Production: from wellhead through treating/processing

into the pipeline

D. Gathering and Transportation: differences and similarities

between the two components required to move gas from

wellhead to the city gate

E. Pipeline companies and their impact on the industry

F. Distribution: how natural gas gets to the burnertip

III. Buying, Selling, Marketing: The Business Side

A. Overview of how the industry works

B. The "Players" who make the industry work ( Suppliers,

Marketers, Brokers, Service Providers, Local

Distribution Companies, Industrial and

commercial end users)

C. The impact of NYMEX on gas marketing

D. How natural gas is priced: the difference in price

between wellhead and burner tip

E. Pricing strategies and how they work

IV. Transportation Service Providers: How pipelines operate

and what types of services they provide

A. Transportation and how it works: why the interstate pipeline

companies are "kink" (Transportation types, Tariffs:

general terms and conditions, rates, imbalances, Differences

between interstate and intrastate transportation)

B. Storage: usefulness and seasonal peaking and balancing needs

(Salt Cavern, Aquifers, Depleted fields)

C. Fuel Management: how independent third parties are assisting

with fuel procurement

D. Market Centers (Hubs): Services provided

V. The People Who Make It Happen and What They Do: The Paper

Side

A. Contracts: Gas Sale, OBA, JOA, Transportation, Gathering,

and Electronic

B. Nominations and Confirmations

C. Gas Accounting

D. Allocations

E. Credit Evaluations

F. Curtailments

VI. Natural Gas Act and FERC: The government role in development

of the natural gas industry

A. Natural Gas Act, Natural Gas Policy Act, and others

B. Authority of the FERC

C. FERC Order 636

D. FERC Order 587, the influence of GISB

E. What will the FERC do next?

VII. The Future: What we can expect to see just around the corner

A. Selling "hot" and "cold" instead of natural gas or electricity

B. Convergence of the financial side with the business side

of natural gas

C. Bigger is better: more mergers in the future?

D. A different role for FERC: politics does matter

E. Electronic Contracting
 
 
 
 
 
 

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