Moving liquids
Oil & product pipelinesTariffs, capacity booking, batch tracking
Gathering & trunk linesSmall-field collection vs long-haul transmission
Shipping & railTankers, barges, unit trains; laycan & demurrage
Moving gas
Gas pipelinesEntry/exit points, compressors, D-1 nomination
LNG chainLiquefaction → shipping → regas; boil-off, JKM/TTF indices
Gas nominationDeclare inject/withdraw; confirm or cut
Moving power
Transmission gridHV lines, congestion, balancing & ancillary services
DistributionLast mile; DSO tariffs & metering
Power schedulingDay-ahead & intraday; imbalance settlement
Storing energy
Gas storageSalt caverns, depleted fields; capacity & working gas
Oil & product storageTank farms; cost, capacity & contango plays
Power storageBatteries, pumped hydro; arbitrage & reserves
Operations
NominationDeclare volumes & points; D-1 gas, hourly power
SchedulingTime profiles, batch sequences, TSO schedules
Inventory & balancingTrack holdings; settle short/long imbalance
Real world
Logistics & costsCase: pipeline nomination workflow
Capacity & contractsCase: storage lease; congested line & price zones
Environmental & securityFERC, PHMSA, REMIT; ETRM compliance
Why it mattersTransport & storage as backbone of trading