Friday 17 May 2024
10:00 12:30
Part 1: Key building blocks
12:30 14:00
Part 2: What new trends are emerging?
14:00
Close of Masterclass
Friday 17 May 2024
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Friday 17 May 2024
10:00 12:30
Part 1: Key building blocks
The context for the global LNG business 2024 - 2030 and the longer term to 2040:
- How can we make LNG a competitive sustainable fuel for energy transitions to Net Zero.
- The fundamentals of the business - how supply chains are structured, how risks are managed and what 2024’s economics look like.
- The size and shape of the global business and how it’s changing – a summary of the Global SD balance and its outlook.
- The key players - what they bring, their approach to risk and value management, how they are adapting to the new macro business environment. How do they compare amongst themselves?
The focus on infrastructure: the forces currently promoting its development, vs the forces holding it back:
- Challenges and dilemmas different countries face.
- LNG supply.
- Shipping.
- Regasification.
12:30 14:00
Part 2: What new trends are emerging?
- Key regional markets - the demand pull in Europe and its impact on Asia – how might this develop?
- Selling LNG: the cost vs value considerations.
- The principal business models behind Qatar and the US projects, how they vary and some key considerations for the future.
- The Global Portfolio Aggregators role and the value they bring.
- LNG traders - their growing role.
- Contracting structures and short-term vs long-term considerations.
- LNG pricing options – demystifying the jargon and explaining how a variety of Asian companies choose to price LNG.
The long lens into the future
- Scenario planning for the global market out to 2050.
- Impacts on price sensitive buyers and new entrants.
- Key considerations of the principal stakeholders.
- Why 2024-2030 and 2030-2040 will be quite different in their drivers and how LNG can become a very significant transition fuel to be competitive throughout this period and beyond.
14:00
Close of Masterclass
Friday 17 May 2024
*Timings and sessions correct at time of publishing, subject to change.