Increase BBL Company Implicit Allocation forward flow capacity
BBL Company will increase its Implicit Allocation forward flow capacity products (NL > GB) for October 2023 through to March 2024 to 90% of the available capacity. Within this period shippers can book both individual monthly and quarterly forward flow capacity products. In the capacity table the available amounts are shown. This increased capacity release will become effective starting Monday 12 December at 9:00 AM UK time. BBL Company kindly refers its shippers to its broker Cavendish Markets for acquiring this capacity.
Update planned maintenance 2023 - 2
Every year, BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 15-day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2023 is the period from 1 September 2023 to 15 September 2023. Further details about the exact duration and timing of the maintenance will be published through our newsletter and on the BBL Company website at a later stage.
Increase BBL Company Implicit Allocation forward flow capacity 2022
BBL Company will increase its Implicit Allocation forward flow capacity products (NL > GB) for December 2022 through to March 2023 to 90% of the available capacity. Within this period shippers can book both individual monthly forward flow capacity products as well as a first quarter 2023 forward flow capacity product. In the capacity table the available amounts are shown. This increased capacity release will become effective starting Wednesday 16 November at 9.00AM UK time. BBL Company kindly refers its shippers to its broker Cavendish Markets for acquiring this capacity.
PRISMA Within Day capacity available gas day 1 November
Due to technical issues BBL Company was not able to offer the day ahead Reverse Flow capacity product on PRISMA for gas day 1st of November 2022. This issue has been solved, Within Day capacity products are available for gas day 1 November 2022.
BBLC PRISMA auctions: Notification period CAM capacity products
BBLC has been granted an exemption on certain articles in NC CAM which allows BBLC to announce the auction of CAM capacity products in the annual, quarterly and monthly auctions for both available capacity and the accompanying reserve prices up to three (3) days before the start of such auction. Upcoming Quarterly auction 7th November 2022 BBLC will be offering forward flow capacity for Q1, Q2 & Q3 2023 and reverse flow capacity for Q2 & Q3 2023 during this auction. An overview of current available capacities can be found here. For this auction, all available capacities and reserve prices will be visible on the PRISMA platform on the 3rd of November 2022 in the afternoon.
Conversion to daylight saving time gas day 29 October 2022
On gas day 29 October 2022 there will be a switch from summer time to winter time. This means that this gas day will have 25 hours. To avoid any problems please be aware of the following: BBL expects nominations according to the EDIGAS protocol. This means that a nomination for this gas day (October 29th) consists of 25 hours in which, translated to UTC, the nomination for that day begins at 04:00 UTC (6.00 LET) and ends at 05:00 UTC (also 6.00 LET). When using ENOM with appropriate settings, this feature is facilitated when nominating for this gas day. When not using ENOM, please make sure that EDIGAS messages will have this timeframe. Whenever possible, avoid sending in nominations in the period between 01:00 LET and 04:00 LET. Due to possible technical limitations, incoming nominations may be handled different from the normal process and therefore may introduce extra risks. We expect a nomination of 25 hours. Normally the daily amount will increase with the same factor, so 25/24 part will be delivered, hourly quantities will stay the same. But this last part depends on the delivery agreement between shippers. When the agreement shows that the daily amount must stay the same, the hourly quantities need to be decreased. Shipper has to take care of this issue himself.
Update on the availability of Physical Reverse Flow products as of 1st October 2022
BBL Company will endeavour to facilitate the market with Reverse Flow capacity for the upcoming winter period by offering the Daily Reverse Flow product on a daily basis (DA) from gas day 1st October 2022 onwards. The available Day Ahead Reverse Flow capacity will be communicated via the PRISMA auction platform. For example, the Day Ahead auction scheduled on Gas Day 30th September 2022 will show the available Reverse Flow Capacity for Gas Day 1st October, and so on for the succeeding days.
Planned maintenance 2023
Every year, BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 30 - day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2023 is the period from 1 September 2023 to 30 September 2023. Further details about the exact duration and timing of the maintenance will be published through our newsletter and on the BBL Company website at a later stage.
Update: planned maintenance September 2022
BBL’s annual planned maintenance period will take place during 3 gas days starting from Tuesday 13 September 2022 at 06:00 CEST. Activities will be resumed on Friday 16 September 2022 at 06:00 CEST. During this maintenance period there are no gas flows possible.
Bacton exit flows through the BBL pipeline
Given recent articles in the media, BBL Company would like to announce that it has not had any issues with gas quality while transporting the gas. At this stage BBL Company also has no indication or information that gas quality issues will arise in the near future.
Update on PRISMA long term Physical Reverse Flow products
The current turmoil in the UK and European gas markets has created an unstable and unpredictable situation with market signals in relation to the NBP and TTF spreads. These increases in market price volatility are likely to continue for the upcoming winter period. As a result, to enable BBLC to release capacity in line with the physical capabilities of the BBL pipeline, provide an economical and efficient pipeline system and provide the most efficient service to the market, BBLC will in the near future not be offering certain Reverse Flow capacity products, primarily for longer term periods, which might create long term commitments for BBLC for Reverse Flow and Forward Flow products at the same time. This means that BBLC will not offer the yearly Reverse Flow capacity products starting the gas year October 2022 and beyond. BBLC will also not offer quarterly or monthly Reverse Flow capacity products with a runtime between 1 October 2022 to 1 April 2023. Instead, from 1 October 2022, BBLC will inform the market on a daily basis whether or not to offer a reverse flow product for the next gas day(s). By doing so, BBLC will endeavour to facilitate the market with Reverse Flow capacity in Q4 2022 and Q1 2023. The available long term PRF capacity on PRISMA will be adjusted accordingly, these changes will not apply to the availability of Forward Flow capacity products.
Meet BBL Company at E-world 2022
We are very pleased that after 2 years we are able to meet you again in person at E-world 2022, the largest energy trade fair in Europe, organized from 21 to 23 June 2022 in Essen (Germany). Our team will be present at BBL Company’s own stand number 107 located in hall 2. If you would like to schedule a meeting with us, please complete the form below before the 15th of June 2022. Please indicate possible dates / time slots and topics you wish to discuss, we will then inform you as soon as possible about the final date / time. Of course, we can also arrange to meet you elsewhere on E-world. If you plan to visit us at E-world, please let us know by email at [email protected] and we will be happy to provide you with a free day ticket. We look forward to meeting you at E-world 2022!