Gas Custody Settlement Layer

Meter every handoff.
Bill the same day.

Stand up a real-time gas custody metering and reconciliation network with daily automated billing and imbalances flagged immediately. Month-end reconciliation is completed automatically by the smart contract, billing is generated the same day rather than weeks after month-end, and disputes disappear.

The Foundation

The Execution Mechanics

Replace monthly spreadsheet reconciliation with real-time custody metering and same-day gas billing.

01.

Real-Time Custody Metering

The Energy Meter Oracle anchors gas volume at each custody transfer point, so a handoff between producer, TSO, and distributor is recorded as it happens.

02.

Immutable Custody Chain

The Traceability Ledger links each transfer into one chain, giving all parties a shared record of how gas moved through the pipeline.

03.

Automated Daily Billing

The Logic and Actions Editor computes billing from metered flow daily, replacing the monthly spreadsheet cycle with same-day invoicing.

04.

Immediate Imbalance Flagging

A measurement mismatch at any transfer point is flagged the moment it appears, rather than surfacing weeks later at month-end.

05.

Multi-Party Reconciliation

Producers, transmission operators, and distributors settle against the same anchored volumes, eliminating the frequent, expensive billing disputes.

06.

Auditable Flow History

Every custody transfer and reconciliation is retained, giving each party and the regulator a verifiable pipeline flow record.

The Gas Custody Lifecycle

Follow a single gas custody transfer from metered handoff through imbalance check to same-day billing.

Operational log system
cerulea_gascustody_engine.log

06:00:02

[SYS] Metering custody transfer at NODE_14...

06:00:02

[CMD] anchorTransfer(from: "TSO_A", to: "DIST_B", mmscm: 1.82)

06:00:03

[AUTH] Verifying custody meter signatures...

06:00:03

[OK] Transfer sealed at 1.82 MMSCM.

Smart Contract Anatomy

Cerulea decomposes gas custody reconciliation into modular contracts. Each layer meters transfers, links the chain, checks imbalance, and bills the same day.

Applicability Across the Spectrum

Real-time gas custody reconciliation is a horizontal capability. Here is how different actors in the pipeline chain put the shared ledger to work.

Pipeline & Transmission Operators

Meter every custody transfer and bill the same day, ending the monthly reconciliation and the frequent, costly disputes between producers, TSOs, and distributors.

Key Asset Types

  1. 1Custody Transfers
  2. 2Daily Billing
  3. 3Imbalance Flags

Gas Producers

Confirm delivered volumes against a shared custody record, settling promptly on metered flow rather than contesting month-end spreadsheets.

Key Asset Types

  1. 1Delivery Volumes
  2. 2Custody Records
  3. 3Settlement Trails

Distribution Companies

Reconcile received gas against upstream transfers automatically, flagging imbalances immediately and closing billing on the same day.

Key Asset Types

  1. 1Received Volumes
  2. 2Reconciliation Records
  3. 3Daily Invoices

Network & Execution Architecture

Whether you are bridging pipeline SCADA and custody metering systems or reading directly from flow computers, Cerulea routes both into one custody ledger.

Track A: Pipeline SCADA Bridging

For operators on legacy pipeline SCADA and metering. Custody data is translated into signed on-chain transfer records through the API gateway automatically.

Pipeline SCADA

Operator Systems

HTTPS / REST

Cerulea API Gateway

Transfer Hashing & Signing

WASM COMPILATION

Cerulea Private Chain

Gas Custody Ledger

Track B: Direct Flow Computer Capture

For flow computers with edge connectivity. Each custody measurement is signed by a device key and routed straight to the custody chain.

Flow Computer / Edge

Metering Hardware

DEVICE SIGNATURE

Consortium Validators

Transfer Consensus

STATE EXECUTION

Cerulea Ledger

Custody Chain Record

Accelerated Time-to-Market Simulator

Building gas custody reconciliation with real-time metering, imbalance flagging, and same-day billing from scratch requires specialised engineers and long integration cycles. Calculate your exact deployment speed using Cerulea.

Required Custody & Billing Rules

46Rules
Simple (10)Enterprise (200)

Traditional Deployment

Solidity Coding & Audits

~ 13 Months

Cerulea Edge

Visual Compilation

WASM Logical Artifacts

~ 4 Weeks

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Technical Methodology

The legacy timeline reflects pipeline settlement integration benchmarks. Wiring custody metering, building custom reconciliation logic, and shipping daily billing for an average pipeline takes a baseline of 8 months. Building the same architecture on Cerulea takes a baseline of 2 weeks, because Cerulea Studio visually translates your custody and billing rules into pre-audited WebAssembly binaries and provisions the custody ledger instantly.