Gas Market Structures and the Roles of Market Participants
Length: About 20 minutes
Subscription: 15 days
Cost: $39.00
Prerequisites: Gas Industry Overview (online course) or a general knowledge of the natural gas industry including the basics of production, transmission, distribution, customers, and regulation.
This course provides an introduction to how gas markets are structured in North America and the roles of various market participants. The course begins with a look at upstream, midstream and downstream market participants and their roles. The course then considers bundled and unbundled market structures, the commodity and transport services available under each model, and which models apply to which participants in North America. This module is also included in the full-length course, Gas Market Dynamics.
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What you will learn
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- What a gas market is and why markets exist
- The differences between a monopoly and competitive market structure
- The features of the physical gas system that impact how markets are structured
- The 4 sectors of market participants and their roles
- The North American natural gas market structure
Course content
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- What is a gas market?
- The differences between monopoly and competitive markets
- The key physical characteristics of natural gas that affect how markets function
- The 4 sectors of market participants (upstream, midstream, downstream, consumer)
- Bundled vs. unbundled service
- Supply choice for various customer classes in North America
- Gas market structure for commodity and transport/storage
- Market hubs
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