Natural Gas Scheduler - Prep
Recent grad that got an offer for a natty role for a massive firm and will start late into July. Given all of this time, I wanted to see what would be the best way to prep. Reason being, I was in the oil ops side for an internship a couple years back and felt like a dear in the headlights. I learned a ton obviously but can see how it could have some parallels to gas and don’t want to screw this up as it can lose my desk money.
What was excel skills should I sharpen?
How do I become better at the accounting side - reconciling volumes with what is shown internally vs what the pipelines say?
How do I anticipate those situations where 5 things are all due at the same time and have equal importance - like when noms are due?
How can I practice re-directing gas flows when something changes in a deal? I know some shops have flexible agreements where they can be left short or long gas. Or I’m guessing like in oil they could probably change directions to where the gas is being sent. Or like oil I’m guessing there is this idea of being a middleman where you use another shipper from whom you bought gas to deliver it to the counterparty you sold to. This can make keep tracking of the flows and how to balance out very difficult so wanted to see if I can practice this beforehand.
It would be nice to have a scheduling practice sheet if anyone has a non-proprietary version.
Are there any books that would be helpful specifically for scheduling? I know everyone recommends Sturm’s book or Natural Gas Trading in NA but those are trading focused.