CORTEX
Natural gas pathing is a critical operation — incorrect pathing means incorrect invoices, lost time, and lost money. CORTEX reduces operational risk and frees your schedulers to focus on higher-value work.
What are the known challenges?
- Natural Gas pathing is a critical operation.
- Incorrect pathing means incorrect invoices.
- Incorrect invoices mean lost time and money.
- Pathing requires attention to detail but is typically passed onto junior personnel.
- It takes 30 minutes to 2 hours to path a medium-to-large pipeline per day.
- It takes hours to correct historical pathing mistakes.
Why use CORTEX?
- No change to your existing nomination process — schedulers keep using their trusty EBB tools.
- CORTEX does not require a specific version of the ETRM (provided there is an appropriate API).
- This saves money, as competing solutions quite often require expensive prior system upgrades.
- Feedback from the market shows competing solutions create fuel rounding issues, which cause the EBB to reject nomination batches.
- CORTEX is fast to onboard.
What sets CORTEX apart
AMA Data Import
Import Asset Management Agreements (AMA) data directly.
Multi-Point Hubs
Match Multi-Point Trading Hubs such as Cheyenne and TETCO.
Leased Segments
Identify leased pipeline segments and interconnects.
All Interstate Pipelines
Models Pathed Non-Threaded, Pathed, Non-Pathed and other variations.
Cloud SaaS
No infrastructure investment, no on-prem software, and no code inside the ETRM.
Flexible Payment
Monthly or per-transaction — no long-term commitment.
Machine Learning
The system learns from user actions using Machine Learning techniques.
Fast Onboarding
6 weeks for the first pipeline, 2 weeks for following pipes.*
Exceptions & Reconciliation
Detailed reports to help troubleshoot issues quickly.
SMHT Compliance
Shipper Must Have Title contract compliance checks.
* Typical implementation times; they also depend on API and data availability.
See CORTEX in action
CORTEX ensures operational risk is reduced and time and money saved — letting operations focus on the value-add parts of the business. Schedule a demo; you will not be disappointed in the solution or the price.