Members of the PIDX Downstream E-Business Sub-Committee are charged with maintaining existing applications that facilitate the electronic data interchange of information pertaining to the sale of refined petroleum products as well as developing new standards and methodologies.


Work Groups
Bulk Fuels
Data Dictionary (PIDD)
Company Codes
Product Codes
Fuel Distribution
Fuel Settlement
Fuel Supply
Regulatory Compliance
Marketing Promotion and Education

Downstream Standards


*New* Inventory XSD

The Inventory Balance Request XSD (dated 12/20/2006) is a standard defined to facilitate the exchange of product inventory balances. Shipping facilities today maintain inventories on which products are owned by which stock or position holders. They also maintain physical inventories of what products are contained in which tanks in their facilities. The former is the purpose for defining the Inventory XSD. This is the only standard which provides consistency in acquiring and sending the inventory information. The formats and methods by which product owners of product through the terminal facilities receive this information varies with the shipping facility, as well as, by the capabilities of their rack automation systems or the service they subscribe to. Typically this information is available through the rack automation system, however, nothing precludes the shipping facility's ERP from providing the information, possibly in yet another format. This XSD defines the attributes that are necessary to properly report a position holder's product inventory at a particular facility at a specified effective date.
Effective September 2007, all XSD formats will be included in the 3901 and XSD documentation.

See Standards Page for all Downstream Standards.

Committee Structure
Organization Chart
By Laws
Charter

Meeting Notes
PDXR v4 Systems Enhancements Submitted for Review and Approval by the Downstream E-Business Subcommittee
This is most recent review of the Terminal protocol. This document has been updated over the last 12 months or so and is being forwarded to PIDX for sanctioning. This standard is the dialogue that rack automation systems utilize to communicate with the 3rd-party service providers of authorization functionality. It does contain a bill of lading layout but it is not the bill of lading format typically received when querying the service for transactions.


Minutes
eBusiness SIG 04-04-07
eBusiness SIG 05-14-07
eBusiness SIG 07-24-07
bBusiness SIG 03-12-08
eBusiness SIG 04-29-08

Jean Albert, Downstream Chair
ConocoPhilips
jean.y.albert@conocophillips.com

Ann Rolison, Vice-Chair
Magellan LP
ann.rolison@magellanlp.com