RBAC Inc., Energy Market Simulation Systems

The Leader in Energy Market Simulation Systems

Providing energy companies, consultants and regulators advanced tools to support:

  • Investment and M&A Strategy
  • Environmental and Sustainability Goals
  • Credible Risk Analysis
  • Trading Strategy
  • Policy Development and Assessment
  • Energy Security
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ABOUT RBAC

"RBAC is the market leading supplier of global and regional gas and LNG market simulation systems."

Our systems provide industry analysts powerful tools for supporting corporate investment and M&A strategy, improving free cash flow, achieving environmental and sustainability goals, including reduction of CO2 emissions, conducting credible and useful risk analysis and planning, and enhancing profitability in commodity trading. Our products and expertise help companies go beyond the narratives and hype to identify the opportunities and define the risks inherent in the uncertainties of energy transition using reality and fact based fundamentals and analysis.

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Modeling Energy Transition Scenarios

As a natural gas market analyst, if you had to model energy transition scenarios then how would you do it? Have you heard of cap & trade? Nowadays more referred as an EMS or Emissions Trading System or Scheme, this system’s purpose is to reduce emissions through market mechanisms. So, if you were asked…

Tariff Terror

It’s only February, and already this year has experienced a whirlwind of changes, particularly for the energy industry. Starting with the weather, a polar vortex-esque Winter Storm named “Demi” blasted most of the U.S., dumping record breaking snow in some southern regions, including the Florida Panhandle, then blanketed the northern United States with sub-zero…

Catching the Wave of LNG through Natural Gas Market Predictive Analytics

How are countries, governments and industry demanding, supplying (and marketing/trading) Natural Gas on the global market?  Let’s do three examples: India – The Rising Tiger: The IEA’s latest report projects that India’s natural gas demand will rise by nearly 60% by 2030, reaching 103 billion cubic meters (bcm) annually. This growth is driven by…

WHAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE TO SAY

Today I was intensely working with GPCM / GDS to isolate and alleviate some Demand constraints. I was moving between GDS and GPCM and within GPCM between zones, demand links, customers, locations and the Pipeline Use Report. I can’t tell you what a joy it was to be able to move so quickly between the various forms whether they be in form view or datasheet view. I know I’m picking up speed as I learn the database, but how you’ve got the database set up so you can drill down and move around and back so efficiently is really appreciated. I just thought I’d pass that along to you. Thank you.

C.M.

Senior Analyst

As a senior fuel consultant, when I present gas forecast results to clients, regulators, and stakeholder groups, I’m confident that with GPCM® I’m offering the industry-standard model maintained by the industry’s best modeling team. I appreciate the responsive staff at RBAC and their constant efforts to make their product better. I also appreciate their intellectual integrity and transparent processes. My colleagues and I depend on the ease with which we can customize the inputs to GPCM. Its flexibility is a big asset to our fuel practice.

A.D.

Senior Director

GPCM is a powerful modeling tool that can capture the fundamental market trends in the North America natural gas market and provide insightful outcomes. It has been an effective platform for me to work on a variety of analysis and projects for all different of customers. Also, GPCM comes with not only a great software tool and database, but also a team of great support staff that has always been so helpful every step along the way. No matter what type of adventure I am working on the model, the team is always ready to help and also always willing to listen and consider customers’ feedback and suggestions. The gas market is very dynamic and full of uncertainty, but GPCM has been very good at bringing in new features and improvements all the time to be ahead of the market.

N.L.

Manager, Market Analysis