A developer progressing a new gas-fired power generation project needed to understand its transport options on a constrained trunk pipeline system, including whether the existing network could support the project at all.
The transport corridor was understood to be near contractually full. The developer needed a clear-eyed read on transport feasibility before committing further capital, rather than assuming a connection point would resolve the constraint.
We set out the operating profile the pipeline operator needed to assess available capacity, the load shape, maximum daily quantity and delivery pressure, and worked through realistic pathways for accessing a fully contracted system: the secondary capacity market, capacity release, interruptible access and compression augmentation, rather than treating the headline full position as the end of the conversation. We paired this with linepack storage modelling across multiple operating-pressure scenarios to quantify the buffer available for flexible turbine dispatch.
A clear, quantified position on transport feasibility and storage buffer, letting the developer engage the pipeline operator from a position of technical credibility rather than a generic capacity request.