In this comprehensive course, participants will delve into the foundational aspects of natural gas network infrastructure and supply & demand, in terms of what natural gas is, where it comes from, who uses it and how.
The course will also explore the development of gas trading, covering the areas of wholesale trading in the EU, liquidity, barriers to trade, pricing strategies and the functions & operations of organized wholesale markets, including the benchmark development.
Lastly, the course will outline the reasons why the industry needs a gas network code and will provide an overview of the typical external regulatory and legal structures in which a gas network code resides.
Course Agenda
- System Testing
- Course introduction – Explanation of deliverables
- Introduction of Training Participants
- Introduction to Natural Gas
- Distribution & High Pressure Gas Networks
- Gas Storage Infrastructure & New Gas Supplies: Biogas & Hydrogen
- Gas Trading on International Markets & Related Technical Exercises
- Wholesale Markets and Regulatory Frameworks for Gas Storage
- Gas Tariffs
- Introduction to Gas Network Code
- Capacity Allocation Mechanisms (CAMs) and Congestion Management
- Operational Balancing & New Ways of Operating
For detailed agenda please contact the ERRA Secretariat.
Meet the Course Director
Mike Madden is the Managing Director of MJMEnergy and an international expert in gas, LNG infrastructure and energy markets. As a chartered engineer with over forty years’ operational and commercial experience, Mike brings a unique blend of technical and commercial experience. He started his career at British Gas as transmission operations before moving to Gas Transportation Services where he led a team negotiating gas transportation and storage contracts. Mike founded MJMEnergy in 1995, which has been involved in providing consultancy and training services to the world’s energy markets in over 50 countries. Mike has provided consultancy on unaccounted-for-gas, gas market reform and gas market liberalisation, network codes, gas storage, gas networks and LNG.
As a chartered engineer with over 40 years of operational and commercial experience, Mike offers a unique blend of technical, economic, commercial and regulatory expertise to energy sector clients. After 13 years at British Gas plc, initially as a pipeline engineer and then a commercial negotiator in British Gas Transportation, Mike left British Gas to form MJMEnergy Ltd. Over the last 26 years, Mike has worked in over 50 countries advising governments, gas producers, banks and gas buyers on a variety of aspects within the energy sector including business development.
Registration
Category
- ERRA Full Members
- ERRA Associate Members
- Non-ERRA Members
Early-Bird Rates
- 1224 EUR + 27% VAT
- 1639 EUR + 27% VAT
- 2053 EUR + 27% VAT
Regular Rates
- 1440 EUR + 27% VAT
- 1928 EUR + 27% VAT
- 2415 EUR + 27% VAT
Methodology
The training is based on a self-paced collaborative e-learning platform that features a combination of real-time interactive presentations by the instructors, online tutoring at pre-announced times, reading material related to the course modules and case studies.
- Proposed average weekly engagement: 8-10 hours
- Live Sessions are starting at 09:00 CET (GMT+1, Budapest time). | Convert to your time zone
The course will run for 2 weeks with the following weekly sequence:
Mondays
Real-time presentations on the presented materials. Presentations will be followed by Q&A sessions. Presentations will be recorded and made available to those who could not join the real-time presentations.
Tuesdays
Real-time presentations on the presented materials. Presentations will be followed by Q&A sessions. Presentations will be recorded and made available to those who could not join the real-time presentations.
Wednesdays
Self-paced work.Thursdays
Online tutoring with the Course Instructor.Friday (on Week 3)
Submission deadline of final test and course evaluation.Completion
5 CER credits will be awarded to those participants who successfully completed the course. Learn more about ERRA Certified Energy Regulator Programme.