Initiate and Confirm Imbalance Trades

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The Initiate and Confirm Imbalance Trades screen allows users to initiate and confirm trades after the imbalances have been posted.

Contents 1 View Posted Imbalances 2 Initiate Trade 3 Post Trade 4 FIELDS

[edit] View Posted Imbalances

Click to retrieve a list of trades.

[edit] Initiate Trade

To initiate trade:

• Select an imbalance from the retrieved list.
• Click Navigates™.
• Fill out the required fields.
• Click .

NOTE: Both the initiating the confirming contracts need to be in the same Operational Impact Area with opposing balances (one positive and one negative). The initiating contract and confirming contract cannot be the same.

[edit] Post Trade

• When a trade is created, the initiating status is automatically set to Confirmed status.
• To complete the trade, the confirming party needs to access the system and set the confirming status to Confirmed.
• Once both parties confirm the trade, a pipeline representative can set the System Approval to either Posted or Rejected.

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[edit] FIELDS

• Accounting Period - Accounting period.

• Zone- Zone in which the imbalance occurred.

• Service Requester - Name of the customer associated with the contract.

• Contact Name - BA representative name.

• Phone Number - Phone number associated with the contact person.

• Svc Req K - Service Requester Contract - Contract to which the imbalance is posted.

• Imbalance Group - Type of transaction associated with the imbalance.

• Imbalance Direction - Due Pipe/Due Ship indicator.

• Posted Imbalance Qty - Imbalance quantity available for trade.

• Trade In Period - The accounting period in which the trade happens.

• Trade For Period - The accounting period in which the imbalance occurred.

• Trade Date - Date the trade was posted.

• Buy/Sell - Indicates whether the initiating contract is buying or selling to reduce the imbalance.

• Init K - Initiating contract number.

• Init Status - Trade status on the initiating side.

• Init Trader - Name of the BA that initiates the trade.

• Conf K - Confirming contract number.

• Conf Status - Trade status on the confirming side.

• Conf Trader - Name of the BA that confirms the trade.

• System Approval - Pipeline approval status.

• Trade Qty - Traded quantity.