On September 10 (Thursday), TBG will make available on its Capacity Offering Portal (POC) the acquisition of Short Term Products, an unprecedented business modality for the natural gas market in the country. As of this date, interested companies will have access, through the electronic address ofertadecapacidade.tbg.com.br, to quarterly, monthly and daily natural gas transportation contracts.

The objective of the initiative, according to the CEO of TBG, Erick Portela, is to offer differentiated logistic solution services in the transportation of natural gas in Brazil: “This is a well-established model in the European market and, in Brazil, TBG is a pioneer, that is, it is the first and only one to offer this type of product. Short-term products promote flexible contracting and generate liquidity in the market ”, he highlights.

Also according to the CEO of TBG, Short Term Products enable the shipper to organize its portfolio of transport capacity, adapting to the seasonality issues: “For TBG, this is very important, as this type of product gives more options to the market. With that, we believe that the initiative should attract more buyers (shippers) ”.

The National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) approved the commercialization of TBG's Short Term Products on August 21 through Official Letter No. 1,127 / 2020. And, soon, TBG will disclose the auction dates for the acquisition of Short Term Products.

How to purchase 

To purchase Short Term Products, interested companies must access the Capacity Offer Portal (POC) of TBG, where they can qualify as users (login and password).

After this stage, they will have access to the Porter's Newsletter, the Single Register, Financial Evaluation, Master Contract, Transport Capacity Request and the Contract Conclusion. The unique registration is done only once and its update is the responsibility of the uploader.

During this process, the shipper will nominate the amount of gas to be transported within the contracted term and will define the places of entry and exit of your contract.

After signing the master contract, which will speed up the acquisition process, the customer will be able to access products on a quarterly, monthly or daily basis. The signed contract is valid until December 31 of the current year of contracting.

The products 

TBG will initially offer products in available capacity, that is, the one that is not contracted.

The first offer window will be for the quarterly product, in which interested parties may close contracts for the subsequent quarter. The availability of quarterly contracts will always occur one month before the next quarter. In September 2020, for example, the quarter from October 1 to December 31 will be open. And, in December 2020, the hiring window for the 1st quarter of 2021 will be opened, and so on. There will be four windows a year.

The monthly contracts will be offered monthly. Thus, in September, companies will be able to sign the monthly contract in force for October, and so on in the following months.

The daily product will only be offered after checking the remaining capacity of the monthly products. It can be purchased at least five days in advance by the buyer.