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Please contact NESA by email or by phone at (713) 856-6525 if you have any questions. [ Technical Training Classes | Registration Form ] Up-to-Minute Event Notes National Energy Services Association (NESA) offers 14 hours of National Association of State Board of Accountancy (NASBA) Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Credits for this class. THIS CLASS IS CURRENTLY SOLD OUT - please visit the February 27th & 28th offering to register for the repeat of this particular class. Essential Skills for Natural Gas: Wellhead to Burnertip 101 Event Date January 17, 2007  through  January 18, 2007 Event Past Description The Essential Skills for Natural Gas: Wellhead to Burnertip 101 Training Class is designed to give each participant a broad overview of the entire process of buying, selling and transporting natural gas to the market, as well as a history of the natural gas industry. Discussions will include the history of the natural gas industry from regulation to deregulation and takes a look at the future changes facing the industry. A detailed discussion will be given of the physical flow of natural gas from the wellhead to the burnertip including all activities actually involved in the movement of natural gas. The flows of gas will be discussed including producing, gathering, processing, storing natural gas and physical pipeline operations. The Revenue Generation Process will be introduced showing the interdependent nature of each daily business process from contracts through invoicing. The purposes and reasons for the various contracts and pricing methods used to buy, sell and transport natural gas will be explained. The key players in the gas industry will be introduced along with their primary roles, issues and functions. The session will also focus on the day-to-day business process of the nomination/ confirmation/scheduling process and the allocation/imbalances/gas accounting processes with a detailed discussion on the penalties, curtailments and cash-outs. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Any employee in the natural gas or electricity industries, such as traders, contract administrators, pricing analysts, dispatchers, accountants, budget and planning analysts, information systems personnel and schedulers. Course Level Basic - there are no prerequisites required. INSTRUCTOR: PAIGE PATTERSON, Patterson & Associates DATES & TIMES Wednesday, January 17 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM *Includes Continental Breakfast and Lunch Thursday, January 18 from 8:00 AM to Noon *Includes Continental Breakfast Only LOCATION Koch Industries Training Center in Houston, Texas CANCELLATIONS, SUBSTITUTIONS & REFUNDS - requests for cancellations and/or refunds MUST be submitted IN WRITING no later than 24 hours prior to start time of technical training classes. Refunds are subject to a $75 handling fee. Substitutions will be accepted. Training Registration Essential Skills for Natural Gas: Wellhead to Burnertip 101  (Delegate)      Member Price: $550.00      Non-Member Price: $650.00 <-- Your Price Registration Fee for Technical Training Class includes all meals noted above. Individuals MUST reserve and pay for their own lodging. Non-Member Registration Fee includes a complimentary 2007 NESA Membership. Event Past Agenda INTRODUCTION Operational activities involved in the gas transaction cycle Revenue generation management process - contracts thru billing EVOLUTION OF THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY The Early Years - 1800’s thru 1930’s Emerging Regulation of Exploration and Production - 1940 thru 1970’s The Regulated Market of the 1980’s and Early 1990’s FERC Order 636 - Primary Features The Post FERC Order 636 Environment Future of the Natural Gas Industry-Unbundling Behind the Citygate ALL ABOUT NATURAL GAS - THE PHYSICAL SIDE Natural gas - the product Natural gas exploration, production, measurement, gathering and processing Pipeline/LDC operations - how gas moves thru the pipes Storage THE BASICS OF THE INDUSTRY The Monthly Business Cycle- contracts thru billing The Production Month Who Are the Industry Players Key Terms and Definitions Gas Contracts and Markets Pricing a Service at the Burnertip ALL ABOUT NATURAL GAS - THE PAPER SIDE The nomination process The confirmation/scheduling process Physical gas flows and curtailments Allocations - methods and examples CONCLUSION The accounting and billing process Balancing and penalty provisions Sections Section I - Evolution of the Natural Gas Industry   discusses the history of the natural gas industry from regulation to deregulation and takes a look at future changes facing the industry. Section II - All About Natural Gas - The Physical Side discusses what is natural gas, units of measurement and the activities that occur during exploring for, producing, gathering and processing natural gas for sale to the market. The flow of gas through the gathering and pipeline systems as well as storage will also be discussed. Section III - The Basics of the Industry  introduces the daily business process environment in which the Gas Measurement professional works, discusses who the players are involved in the industry and the importance of their roles and functions, and defines the key terms and definitions used in the daily business process. Gas markets and consumers will be discussed along with the activities, services and philosophies involved in marketing natural gas to the consumer. Section IV - All About Natural Gas - The Paper Side discusses the gas transaction cycle including contracts, the nomination / confirmation / scheduling process, the allocation process and the physical operations of the pipeline. The accounting / billing processes and revenue considerations of imbalances, penalties and cashouts will be included. Subjects How the allocation, penalties, cashouts and accounting/billing process affects a company's bottom line The key features of the FERC Orders and how they affect the industry What is natural gas, how we measure it and what is involved in the exploration, production, gathering and processing of natural gas What are the different types of contracts and pricing methods used in getting gas to the consumer How the nomination/confirmation and scheduling process works on a daily basis The process of deregulation in the natural gas industry Who the industry players are and their roles and functions What are the key terms and definitions used in the daily business process How natural gas physically flows from the wellhead to the burnertip File Registration Form Additional Information Primary Contact:    Tracy Cummins Primary Contact Email:    tcummins@nesanet.org Location Koch Industries Training Center 20 East Greenway Plaza Conference Room Three Houston,  TX  77046 Click here for a map. 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