Market Strategies for Key Gas Industry Players

• The business goals of common gas market participants
• The key risks faced by common gas market participants
• The techniques and strategies used by common gas market participants to achieve earnings and manage physical risks

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• The 2 paradigms for business in gas markets (regulated vs. competitive)
• The relationship between earnings and the level of risk required to achieve them
• Risks inherent in the gas business (price, basis, volume, counterparty, execution, operational, regulatory, legal)
• Physical tools used to manage risk (pricing, take obligations, firm/IT transport, storage, balancing provisions, hub services, internal procedures, portfolio hedging)
• Market strategies for Local Distribution Companies (LDCs)
  • Goals
  • Key risks
  • How regulated prices are set in the rate case process
  • How LDCs create earnings
  • How LDCs increase earnings
    How decoupling affects earnings
  • How pipeline and storage facilities create earnings
  • How LDCs, pipelines and storage facilities use markets
  • How LDCs, pipelines and storage facilities handle key risks
  • The key skills necessary for LDC, pipeline and storage facility success
• Market strategies for Gas Producers
  • Goals
  • Key risks
  • How producers create earnings
  • The markets used by producers to sell supply
  • How prices are determined
  • How producers increase earnings
  • How producers handle key risks
  • The key skills necessary for producer success
• Market strategies for Wholesale Marketers
  • Goals
  • Key risks
  • Wholesale trading strategies
  • How wholesale marketers create earnings
  • How wholesale marketers increase earnings
  • How prices are determined
  • How wholesale marketers handle key risks
  • The key skills necessary for wholesale marketer success
• Market strategies for Retail Marketers
  • Goals
  • Key risks
  • Retail marketing strategies
  • How retail marketers create earnings
  • How wholesale purchases are optimally matched to retail sales
  • How an appropriate price is determined
  • How supply and sales commitments are structured and why this is critical
  • Selling value added services
  • How retail marketers increase earnings
  • How retail marketers handle key risks
  • The key skills necessary for retail marketer success

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