Energy companies enter the field; reducing gas waste with new cooperation models

According to Energy Press, about 22 percent of the energy produced in the country is wasted daily in various sectors of power plants, industries, the domestic sector, agriculture, etc. According to Table No. 10, Article 46 of the Seventh National Development Plan, one million and 285 thousand barrels of crude oil equivalent must be returned to the cycle from the amount of energy wasted in the consumption and production sectors by the end of the plan, which will be equivalent to about 200 million cubic meters of gas per day; a figure equal to the production capacity of the eight phases of South Pars.
This energy return in the Seventh Development Plan is carried out in two sectors: energy consumers and energy producers; global experience shows that energy recovery and consumption optimization are possible in three main areas: technical and technological measures, management measures such as launching an energy exchange and consumption management, and economic and behavioral culture, the combination of these three areas leading to optimal energy consumption.
To this end, looking at the energy supply chain becomes particularly important. In this chain, the flow of assets and services moves from top to bottom, that is, from the supplier of resources to the customer, and the financial flow moves in the opposite direction, from the customer to the supplier. In modern models, three new flows have been added to this chain; paying attention to customer needs before production, analyzing past data to improve processes, and creating added value for goods and services are among these. Accordingly, companies called “operators” or “carvers” focus on data and knowledge, and are placed between sales and customers, managing the main and new flows to increase supply chain efficiency.
This chain is also clearly visible in the country’s gas industry, and carver companies can manage information flows, value, and customer needs with their knowledge and data-driven approach, and deliver gas to the final consumer.
In order to explain the entry and role of carver companies in gas consumption management, the Oil and Energy Information Network (SHANA) held a meeting with Ali Asghar Rajabi, Director of Energy and Carbon at the National Iranian Gas Company, and Sajid Kashfi, Deputy Director of Optimization of Gas Consumption of Subscribers at the National Iranian Gas Company, the first part of which you can read.
What was the purpose of carver companies in the gas industry and what gaps are they supposed to fill?
Rajabi: Carver companies entered the gas industry with two main goals: First, less-explored streams such as “IT” (Information Technology) analyze existing data, predict consumer behavior, and use this information to operate in gas industry systems.
The second goal is the value stream. In the natural gas supply chain from producer to consumer, the real value of gas is determined and increased. For example, the value of each cubic meter of gas in the agricultural sector, the domestic sector, kilns and cement industries, steel industries, and in the petrochemical industry is increasing, respectively, and is worth up to about 12,000 Tomans in the petrochemical industry. While the same cubic meter of gas was purchased in the stock exchange savings market on October 14 for 17,700 Tomans. Accordingly, these companies are placed in the value chain or supply chain between the producer and the customer and, based on data, they take three categories of actions: technical actions such as optimizing engine rooms to reduce consumption, management actions including planning consumption and scheduling the use of equipment, and behavioral and cultural actions, educating consumers to optimize energy and reduce pollutants.