Insights

Notes on measuring, allocating and lifting hydrocarbons.

Explainers written from the ground the platform stands on. Topics below are planned subjects, not yet published articles.

Planned topics

What we are writing about.

Upcoming

Allocation lineage

What it actually means for an allocated volume to be traceable — and why a recalculated spreadsheet is not the same thing as a lineage record.

Upcoming

One model vs. stitched suites

Where segment-by-segment hydrocarbon accounting loses volume: the hand-overs between upstream, pipeline, terminal and refinery systems.

Upcoming

Unit governance

Why storing the measured value alongside a normalised canonical value avoids the conversion drift that shows up at period end.

Upcoming

Demurrage exposure

How berth scheduling, nomination discipline and downtime recording combine into the demurrage number nobody budgeted for.

Upcoming

Loss control

Separating measurement uncertainty, line fill and genuine loss when the pipeline balance does not close.

Upcoming

Deployment choices

Shared service, on premises or dedicated instance — how data policy, change control and DBA practice should drive the decision.

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