Minimum Compression Volume Commitment Clause Samples
A Minimum Compression Volume Commitment clause requires one party, typically the customer, to commit to a specified minimum volume of gas or other product to be compressed by the service provider over a defined period. In practice, this means the customer must pay for compression services on at least the agreed minimum volume, regardless of whether they actually use that amount. This clause ensures the service provider receives a predictable revenue stream and protects them from underutilization of their compression facilities.
Minimum Compression Volume Commitment. With respect to any Contract Year from the Contract Year in which the first System Compressor Station is placed in service through the earlier of the Contract Year in which occurs the tenth (10th) anniversary of the placement in service of the last System Compressor Station to be placed in service or the expiration or termination of the term of this Agreement, a volume of Dedicated Gas, stated in Mcf, equal to the sum of all such volumes calculated at each System Compressor Station that has been in service for ten (10) years or less, each of which shall be calculated as follows: the product of (i) the total design capacity, stated in Mcf per Day, of the relevant System Compressor Station, multiplied by (ii) subject to the immediately following sentence, the number of Days in such Contract Year, multiplied by (iii) 0.70. For purposes of the foregoing calculation the design capacity of a particular System Compressor Station shall be included (1) only to the extent that such capacity has been installed at the direction of the Shipper in accordance with Section 3.4(a) and does not represent additional capacity installed at such System Compressor Station by Gatherer as permitted by Section 3.4(a), (2) for not more than the 10 year period after it is first placed in service, (3) in the Contract Year in which it is placed in service, only for the number of Days in such Contract Year after it has been placed in service, and (4) if arising prior to the expiration or termination of the term of this Agreement, in the Contract Year in which the 10th anniversary of its placement in service occurs, only for the number of Days through such 10th anniversary.