EMF Market Models™: A Window into Energy Market Details
Energy Market Fundamentals (EMF) Market Models are a unique set of spreadsheet-based reports that provide critical volumetric data on North American natural gas supply, transmission, imports, storage and user demand.
Each Market Model includes:
- A summary of flow and capacity data for today's gas schedule (today's evening nomination cycle).
- Several days' previous flow (based on the last schedule or actualized data, whichever is available).
- Comparisons to previous periods (such as month-to-date and year-to-date).
Preliminary versions of the reports are ready each
morning between 5am and 8am Central Time, making them available for viewing before the start of the trading day. Final versions are distributed as all information for each report becomes available. Since the natural gas pipeline network operates 365 days per year, many Market Models are available on weekends and holidays as well as regular trading days.
No queries or data manipulation are required to use EMF Market Models™.
Our energy market specialists have selected the key points that drive
the gas market and have developed reports which summarize the points in a manner
that
highlights the most important market developments.
Here are the reports included in the EMF Market Models™:
- EMF Flow Model Reports are organized by pipeline. Regional summaries provide an overview of the gas flow trends across broad areas of North America and provide the ability to drill down on a pipeline-by-pipeline to see major production points, interconnect receipts and deliveries, throughput points, compressor volumes, and storage injections/withdrawals.
- EMF Demand Model Reports are organized by state. These Models provide details on deliveries to each major utility, power plant and end-use facility with direct interstate pipeline connections. Similar to the flow reports, regional summaries capture the macro level trends.
- EMF Supply Model Reports are organized by producing basin. Each Supply Model includes all gas scheduled on each pipeline moving gas from each producing basin and details the source of supply by gas plant, gathering system, etc.
- EMF Import/Export Model Reports include U.S. imports and exports from/to Canada, U.S. exports to Mexico and U.S. LNG imports. Each import/export point and import terminal is detailed and summarized to reveal macro-level trends.
The numbers in these reports come directly from pipeline nominations and flowdata. There is no modeling or approximation involved. Each report reflects only the flowdata for points collected through BENport™ data collection services, and thus excludes volumes on certain intrastate pipelines and other facilities not subject to FERC jurisdiction.
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