Objective:                   To provide an understanding of the resources, infrastructure and systems used in supplying natural gas in New Zealand, and the wholesale gas market.

Prerequisites:            None

1.              Background

·          Properties of natural gas

·          Gas units – volume and energy

·          Gas consumers and consumption categories

·          Brief history

2.              Industry Structure

·          Government policy statement

·          Gas Industry Company & relevant regulations

3.              Gas demand

·          Key users

·          Demand drivers

·          Alternative fuels

4.              Gas supply

·          New Zealand petroleum basins

·          Basin prospectivity

·          Exploration history and current environment

·          Gas potential

·          Gas reserves history and current status

5.              Transmission

·          Transmission piped network

·          Line pack, imbalances, metering

·          Distribution networks

·          Production stations

·          LPG and CNG

6.              Distribution

·          Delivery systems

·          Market participants

7.              Retailing

·          Invoicing details

·          Reconciliation

8.              Market arrangements

·          Maui players

·          Upstream and downstream players

·          Contracts & prices

·          Pipeline open access & trading protocols

·          Gas trading & settlement

·          Market information

·          Metering and reconciliation

9.              Long term dynamics of supply and demand