to a range of technical and commercial factors, including: the impact the transfer may have on the pipeline’s ability to meet shippers’ contractual requirements. the technical feasibility of the transfer (which may require flow modelling to be carried out). keeping the pipeline operator financially ensuring the shipper has any other arrangements in place that may be required to give effect to the transfer (e.g. being a party to the allocation arrangement, having access to any compression that may be required) It was also noted that transfers in primary GTAs will require contract variations. It was also observed that: Some pipelines already use zones and the concept of primary and secondary rights at receipt and delivery points. Some shippers already have flexibility built into their contracts to deal with changes in points. Some pipelines limits on the number of transfers a shipper can seek in a year (although this is reportedly not policed strictly) or charge shippers if they request more than a specified number of transfers. Some pipelines provide a response to transfer requests within five business days, while others take longer because flow modelling is required and this may need to be done externally.
to a range of technical and commercial factors, including: the impact the transfer may have on the pipeline’s ability to meet shippers’ contractual requirements. the technical feasibility of the transfer (which may require flow modelling to be carried out). keeping the pipeline operator financially ensuring the shipper has any other arrangements in place that may be required to give effect to the transfer (e.g. being a party to the allocation arrangement, having access to any compression that may be required) It was also noted that transfers in primary GTAs will require contract variations. It was also observed that: Some pipelines already use zones and the concept of primary and secondary rights at receipt and delivery points. Some shippers already have flexibility built into their contracts to deal with changes in points. Some pipelines limits on the number of transfers a shipper can seek in a year (although this is reportedly not policed strictly) or charge shippers if they request more than a specified number of transfers. Some pipelines provide a response to transfer requests within five business days, while others take longer because flow modelling is required and this may need to be done externally.
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