The G-Man gas management system, developed by Hatch and successfully installed at Portland Natural Gas Transmission Systems (PNGTS), provides a company-wide source for all information pertaining to shipper activity. PNGTS was a new pipeline and required establishment of the business processes especially those unique to their shared facilities. The G-Man system manages the associated gas management activities including contract administration, nomination control,
capacity allocation, capacity release, scheduling and confirmation, operating balance agreements (OBA) and shipper imbalance tracking, invoicing and month end reconciliation. The system also incorporates multiple windows for intraday nominations and is consistent with the gas industry (GISB) standards.

Scope of Services

• Analysis of the new business processes to define functional system requirements in functional specification
• Design of modifications and enhancement required in design specifications
• Development and implementation of client-server application connected with a transactional website. Oracle products were used to develop the database, business logic and front-end screens
• Data population and business rule definition
• Software maintenance and support through user acceptance testing and into production
• On-site training and documentation on the use of the GMS and website
• Project management