LNG Marketing & Shipping Operations

Course Contents:

1. The Global LNG Market:
   • LNG Supply & Demand Pattern
   • Existing Markets (The Asia Pacific Rim)
   • Emerging Markets (The Atlantic Basin)
   • European Markets
   • Consumer Markets & Trading (Buyers & Sellers)
2. Gas and LNG Contracts
   • Contract Length and Length Factors
   • Deliveries (Point Quantity & Under-deliveries, Make-Up Volumes and Carry Forward.
   • Spot Market Development
   • Floating LNG Plants and Impact on LNG Marketing
3. LNG Pricing
   • Price Issues In gas & LNG Sales/Purchase Agreements
   • Project Appraisal
   • Pricing Philosophy & Pricing Formula
   • Variation of Pricing Formula (Pricing & Types of Indexation)
   • Gas Price Escalation
4. LNG Loading & Receiving Terminals
   • Existing & Planned Terminals
   • Access to LNG Terminals
   • Terminal HSE Issues
5. LNG Shipping
   • LNG Ship Design: an overview
   • LNG Ship Builders
   • LNG Shipping Capacity
   • Shipping Costs: voyage and daily hire rates
   • Shipping Optimization
6. LNG Marketing Operations
7. LNG Insurance Overview

Who Should Attend?

• Marketing Dept Staff
• Lawyers
• Accountant
• Planning Dept Staff