COURSE OVERVIEW

 This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of LNG Trading. It covers the global LNG market structure, trading hubs and LNG pricing mechanisms; the LNG contract negotiation strategies and best practices; the LNG supply & demand fundamentals; the major LNG producers and traders and the role of NOCs, IOCs and independent traders; the difference between physical versus financial LNG trading; the LNG trading strategies and portfolio optimization; and the types of LNG carriers and fleet management; the risk management in LNG trading and LNG pricing hedging strategies. 

 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the geopolitical and environmental risks in LNG trading, LNG master sales agreement (MSA) and key legal clauses; the negotiation strategies for LNG buyers and sellers, price renegotiation and re-opener clauses; balancing risk allocation in LNG agreements; the LNG market analytics and forecasting as well as LNG portfolio management and optimization; the LNG market disruptions and crisis management; the LNG digitalization and trading platforms; the LNG shipping routes, trade flows, terminal operations and storage strategies; the LNG regulatory and compliance frameworks, bunkering and emerging markets; and the LNG market integration with hydrogen and renewables.