Endur Strategies for Tackling Tariff-Driven Propane Risks

Mitigating Export Volatility with Technology

Endur Strategies for Tackling Tariff-Driven Propane Risks

Evolving Market Dynamics in U.S. Propane Exports

The introduction of reciprocal tariffs by major propane importers has impacted the dynamics of U.S. propane exports. This shift in demand has led to higher inventories and lower prices, presenting strategic challenges for U.S.-based petrochemical companies. Two major market challenges have emerged:

Gulf Coast Inventory Surge

This has exerted downward pressure on key pricing benchmarks, particularly the Mont Belvieu spot price.

Diversion of In-Transit Cargoes

Cargoes en route to China now require redirection to alternative destinations, adding logistical and operational complexities.

As these market conditions continue to evolve, petrochemical firms need more than just traditional risk management. To stay competitive and profitable, they need real-time, adaptable solutions to respond to shifting dynamics.

How Endur Supports Strategic Response

For petrochemical firms using Endur, adapting to this new market reality requires more than standard functionality. Value Creed specializes in customizing Endur to reflect real-world market disruptions, regulatory shifts, and operational bottlenecks. Our goal is to ensure your trading and risk platform isn’t just keeping up—it’s driving your response strategy.

In this blog, we’ll explore how targeted Endur customizations can help mitigate risks and maintain profitability across three key areas: storage optimization, logistics risk mitigation, and exposure migration for diverted cargoes.

When dealing with disrupted cargo routes or non-standard storage strategies, Endur’s cMotion can be customized to offer powerful flexibility.

Redirection of cargoes due to geopolitical changes demands agile exposure management. Endur can be customized to support:

Endur can be customized to enhance flexibility, allowing traders and analysts to simulate injection and withdrawal strategies using COMM-STOR instruments. These simulations help forecast supply-side P&L and guide strategic decision-making using custom User Defined Simulation Results (UDSRs) enriched by external data inputs.

Weather Patterns & Forecasting: Integration with weather data services like SpireGlobal or AerisWeather allows UDSRs to model demand fluctuations driven by temperature variations.
List Item Pipeline Availability Monitoring: AVEVA ePLMS integration with Endur enables scheduling analysts to dynamically assess pipeline constraints that may impact storage, delivery, and injection plans. #1
Terminal Constraints Modeling: Endur can incorporate data-as-a-service solutions for commodity delivery (PZL), modeling delays and truck line buildups. Manual spot deal capture via custom Openlink desktops can prioritize inventory for contract fulfillment.
Tracking Energy Waivers for Transportation Efficiency: Federal and state transportation waivers (e.g., HOS, FMCSR) can be imported using custom user tables and UDW front-ends to ensure regulatory compliance and faster propane movement.
Daily Storage Balance Monitoring: Enhanced reporting capabilities can track key metrics—average daily balances, beginning/ending volumes by region, contract, and rate—helping optimize storage utilization.
Park & Loan Contracts Management: COMM-PAL instruments can be configured through deal modeling to assess the impact of park and loan agreements on injection/withdrawal cycles, integrating these into broader portfolio simulations.

How Value Creed Helps You Stay Ahead

While Endur offers these foundational capabilities, Value Creed’s impact lies in activating and scaling them through tailored customizations. Our team brings the business understanding and technical fluency needed to turn Endur’s potential into performance:

Data Integration Expertise

We connect Endur with external data sources such as weather (SpireGlobal, AerisWeather), pipeline availability data (AVEVA ePLMS), and terminal data (PZL), transforming raw feeds into actionable inputs for User Defined Simulation Results (UDSRs) and COMM-STOR simulations, optimizing storage strategies.

Custom User Interfaces & Workflows

Our solutions streamline how analysts interact with Endur—building intuitive tools for everything from waiver tracking (HOS, FMCSR) to deal migration through Interbook Exposure Migration, ensuring seamless transitions in response to market fluctuations.

Automation & Dashboards

We develop robust automation for complex processes like bulk nomination management and revaluation workflows, while creating custom Power BI dashboards for reporting key metrics such as daily storage balances, injection/withdrawal cycles, and more.

cMotion & Scheduling Customizations

We design flexible frameworks using cMotion to handle irregular nominations like Storage-to-Storage or Pipeline-as-Storage and automate logistics workflows through BulkNomManager (BNM) and Connex WebServices, ensuring data integrity and reducing operational risk.

Ready to Respond to Market Uncertainty?

As the propane market experiences unpredictable shifts, adapting quickly to new operational challenges becomes critical. We ensure your Endur platform is more than just a tool—it becomes a proactive part of your risk mitigation strategy. Our team works closely with you to tailor the solution, providing flexibility, accuracy, and insights at every stage. Our tailored solutions optimize storage, automate logistics, and manage exposures, empowering your operations for long-term success.

Ready to future-proof your operations and turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s opportunities? Reach out to Value Creed and explore how we can tailor Endur to your business needs.

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