Natural gas trading presents unique schedulingchallenges. Schedulers face a maze of uncer-tainty and complexity starting with the convo-

luted interstate pipeline system and FERC regula-tions, and moving on through: nominations/confir-mations; deal matching intricacies; book-outs; physi-cal transportation/delivery; capacity and storagemanagement; parking; lending; and imbalances.

Gas scheduling is a complex function. It takes pro-fessionals with extensive experience and knowledgein this field to build a system that addresses the chal-lenges and delivers the comprehensive solution.Triple Point Technology has such a team and has builtthe solution – Gas Scheduling ‘Visual Cockpit.’

The Commodity XL™ for Gas solution from TriplePoint, combined with its Gas Scheduling ‘VisualCockpit’, delivers all the information enteredonce, in real-time, with everything each par-ticipant needs to make the most profitablechoices and execute within the time con-straints of today’s fast-paced market.

Scheduling for SuccessCompanies with a fast-track plan for

results immediately see the improved effi-ciencies and accuracy that can beachieved when data is seamlessly integrat-ed between trading and scheduling. “Withthe Triple Point Gas Scheduling ‘VisualCockpit’ operating in conjunction withCommodity XL for Gas, information onindividual trades moves from the tradingdesk to the scheduler, keeping schedulingprocesses in sync with trading positions,”said Doug Daugherty, product manager,Gas Scheduling, Triple Point. “By movingdata automatically, handoff mistakes andrekeying errors never happen.”

Seeing is Believing‘Visual Cockpit’ is aptly named for its ability to visu-

ally portray every element of a gas scheduling trans-action on a single screen. In one place, gas schedulerscan track and manage:

� Balance capacity and transportation costs� Electronic pipeline interfaces and automatic

scheduling� Legs of transportation� Gas movement from the receipt locations to the

central location� Automatic calculations of fuel reflected as the

difference between the upstream and down-stream volumes.

“Users navigate easily through thedata, with no need to access multi-ple screens or systems,” saidDaugherty. “The visual approachand overall user interfaces make iteasier to enter and track schedulinginformation, increasing efficienciesand freeing up time for more prof-itable trading and scheduling activi-ties. Streamlined and automated

interfaces to pipeline nominations and schedulingprovide another productivity-boosting tool.”

Profitable trading of natural gas requires management of the physicalvalue chain from first trade to final delivery. Companies who have the

systems that move the data automatically perform faster, moreefficiently and more profitably.

...Today’s winners in natural gas tradinguse the most comprehensive software tointegrate front through back office needs

in both trading and scheduling

Natural Gas Scheduling SolutionCompletes the Performance Picture

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Grouping Capabilities: On one screen, you can reflect multiple servicecontracts. Group in whatever way you want to manage your path,including transactions, paths, group locations. Edit, ungroup one leg orthe entire group.

The advantages of real-time access to informationmake a difference in all of the areas to which ‘VisualCockpit’ interfaces, including accounting, risk manage-ment and more. ‘Visual Cockpit’ provides a single sys-tem of record with complete scheduling transactionaudit trails. The system keeps track of every transac-tion, every change and who makes the change.

Enthusiastic ReceptionCompanies that see the Triple Point system in action

become quite enthusiastic about the approach.“Evaluation teams quickly see the advantages of hav-ing all elements of gas scheduling right there on onescreen,” said Ted Kainer, sales engineer, GasScheduling, Triple Point. “Often, companies consider-ing the system will give us their most complex sce-narios to see what the system can do. We comethrough with flying colors.”

The Complete Picture For Commodity TradingWith Triple Point’s Commodity XL solutions seam-

lessly integrated with ‘Visual Cockpit’ logistics solu-tions, the picture is complete: traders and schedulershave the tools they need to make the best decisionsand work in real-time; risk managers and account-ants work from the same information available auto-matically and immediately; and executives have com-petitive new business intelligence tools on which tomake more well-informed business decisions.

In this article, we explored how this comprehensive

trading and scheduling solution benefits natural gastrading organizations. Triple Point’s Commodity XLprovides an integrated set of systems geared specifi-cally for Power, Oil, Coal, Metals, Softs and Freight.Whatever set of commodities you trade, get the com-plete picture to improve your results �

TRIPLE POINT

Doug Daugherty is product manager and Ted Kainer is sales engineer for natural gas scheduling at Triple Point. The entireTriple Point natural gas scheduling team consists of men and women with literally decades of experience in scheduling,systems and support. Triple Point’s Commodity XL for Gas combined with Gas Scheduling ‘Visual Cockpit’ provides thefull solution with access to the same data for traders, schedulers, risk managers, accountants and executives. Thisenterprise-wide system streamlines operations and improves results, delivers enhanced business intelligence and keepsrecords for compliance and reporting requirements.

For more information on trading, logistics and business intelligence solutions for Natural Gas and other commodities, call Triple Point Technology at:

+1.203.291.7979 or email info@tpt.comwwwwww..ttpptt..ccoomm

Statistics from SchedulersGas Scheduling ‘Visual Cockpit’ is definitely

improving performance in the scheduling organiza-

tions that are using it. These results reported by

Triple Point users show just what can be achieved

with a system built to meet the needs of gas

schedulers:

� Has been in production use for three-plus years

� Capacity has grown from 1.5 billion cubic

feet(bcf) to 11 bcf

� Supports 160-plus users

� Covers 3,000-plus trading locations

� Incorporates 100-plus pipelines (60-plus with

Visual Pathing)

� Supports 8,000-plus trades per month

� Processes $2B Notional Trading Value per

month

Full Transport Management: View all paths in one view, and see allservice contracts in underlying text reflecting capacity, usage, balanceand transport legs. From here, select one path to display in full view.

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Extensive Balancing Tools: Location balancing reflects all of theactivity at the selected location – all transactions in, out and alltransport at the location. Information about the location itself isincluded in the text.