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The S&P Global Platts 19th Annual LNG Conference explores the state of the international LNG market: its competitive environment, supply, demand, price, and trading.
Benefit from the insights of industry leaders:
– Najla Jamoussi, Cheniere Energy, Inc.
– George Nemeth, Sempra LNG
– Jesse Lee, Mozambique LNG
– Mitzi St. Rose, The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago– Vivek Chandra, Texas LNG
– Milorad Doljanin, Avenir LNG
– Renee Pirrong, Tellurian
– Vince Morrissette, LNG Limited
– Kasciandro Senem, Golar Power
– Eric Pedroso de Almeida, PetroChina
– Andrew Helm, Centrica
– Chikako Ishiguro, Osaka Gas Corp. Ltd.
– Marcus Williams, World Bank Group/MIGA
– Sam Margolin, Wolfe Research
– Kamran Javed, JERA Americas
– Peter I. Keller, SEA/LNG
– Sean Lalani, Eagle LNG Partners
– J.C. Kneale, ICE
– Aziz Bamik, GTT – North America
– Chris Richardson, White & Case
– Majed Limam and Jason Feer, Poten & Partners, Inc.
– Ciaran Roe and Madeline Jowdy, S&P Global Platts
– David Asmus and Brian Bradshaw, Sidley Austin
– Mark Casaday, Edge Gathering Virtual Pipeline
– Brian Brantley, SeaOne Holdings, LLC
– Frederic Phipps, Shell – Jean Lee, Allen & Overy
– Michael Stirling, Stirling Infrastructure Partners
On key questions facing the global LNG sector:
– Flexible supplies: Growing US volumes, emerging producers, new trade flows
– Asian buyers: The impacts of market liberalizationand fragmentation
– Latin America: Competition from domestic gas production
– Mexico: Is it an import or export LNG play?
– Central America/Caribbean: Will small-scale LNG take hold?
– European hubs: Their emergence as the global balancersof increasing supplies
– Financing: Overcoming emerging LNG marketfinancing challenges
– Term contracts: The shift to shorter, more flexible deals
– Spot liquidity: Increasingly robust pricing benchmarksand forward curves
– Trading standardization: Growing liquidity, bold stepsfrom traders and exchanges
– Derivatives growth: Forward-pricing transparency, better hedging capabilities
– Small-scale LNG: Markets, logistics, economics
– Maritime LNG: Status of ship conversions, capital considerations
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Plus, a special Pre-Conference Workshop on LNG project development and financing
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Pre-Conference Workshop
Day 1: Wednesday, February 12, 2020
1:00 Registration for Workshop Only
LNG Project Development and Financing in Emerging Markets
1:30 Assessing LNG Development in Emerging Markets – Emerging markets with opportunities for supplying LNG
and/or developing LNG opportunities– Recent developments that are increasing the feasibility
of LNG projects in emerging markets– increased availability of LNG that can be exported
from the US – greater liquidity of LNG and flexibility in LNG contracts
– development of technologies that increase the feasibility of using LNG in smaller markets
– Characteristics of the first LNG project in anemerging market
– Update on LNG projects in Latin America andthe Caribbean
– Regulatory approaches being used for LNG projects inemerging markets
– Identifying opportunities for LNG projects inemerging markets: – checklist for identifying viability– relevant decision-makers and agents– helpful sources for due diligence
Speakers to be announced
3:00 Networking & Refreshment Break
3:30 PANEL DISCUSSION Financing the Project– How favorable is the investment regime of the country?– Stability of the region outside/risks of blockages
of LNG tankers– Evolution of contracts—Shorter terms and
lower-rated counterparties– Mitigants of risks/drivers of financing structure—
Credit support, completion support, insurance– Determining the best financing structure– Types of financing, availability of capital markets– Identifying lenders who would participate—
ECA, debt, equity, development banks – Amount of equity required– What is the collateral package and how easy is
it to foreclose on collateral?– What are the financing options available for
LNG projects over their lifecycle?– How has the mezzanine market typically looked
at these projects? – What terms and conditions are available in today’s market? – How flexible capital can be used in addition to traditional
bank and bond marketsSpeakers to be announced
5:00 Closing Remarks
5:15 Welcome Reception
6:15 Close of Day One
Main Conference
Day 2: Thursday, February 13, 2020
7:00 Conference Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:00 Chairmen’s Welcome and Opening RemarksDavid Asmus, Partner, Sidley Austin Brian Bradshaw, Partner, Sidley Austin
Global Supply—Export Prospects, Price Formation, Global Trade
8:15 PANEL DISCUSSION LNG Production: Leading the Push towards Global Trade Liberalization– An unpredictable trade environment: How do LNG
producers deal with cracks in free trade?– Which measures are producers taking to deal with
sustained weak spot market prices?– How do producers plan to develop price formation
on an FOB basis?– How do exporters approach gas procurement in
the fast-evolving global gas market? Dave Ernsberger, Head of Pricing & Market Insight, S&P Global PlattsNajla Jamoussi, Director, Market Fundamentals, Global LNG, Cheniere Energy, Inc.George Nemeth, Director, LNG Marketing and Business Development, Sempra LNG & MidstreamJesse Lee, Fmr. General Manager, LNG Marketing, Mozambique LNG
9:30 Networking & Refreshment Break
10:00 PANEL DISCUSSION Emerging North American LNG Producers: The Future of the Second Wave
– Will the next wave of US LNG exports arrive in 2023?– What makes this wave of producers different from
the first?– How will prospective US LNG exporters manage
procurement in the fast-evolving US gas market?– Which financing models are being used to develop
new US LNG projects in a competitive landscape?Renee Pirrong, Head of Research, Tellurian Vince Morrissette, Commercial Director, LNG Limited Vivek Chandra, Chief Executive Officer, Texas LNGFrederic Phipps, Vice President of Lake Charles, Shell
11:00 Networking & Refreshment Break
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11:30 LNG Spot Market Developments: Supply Chain Complexity Growth– LNG spot market update: latest trends and activity– Are inefficiencies decreasing? LNG takes tentative
steps towards standardization– Growth in new spot market participation– Latest evolutions in LNG pricingCiaran Roe, Global Director, LNG, S&P Global Platts
12:00 Networking Luncheon
1:15 Developments in LNG Derivatives Markets– Overview of growth in derivatives trade– Main factors impacting LNG’s forward curve– Developments in suite of products available– Derivatives trading strategies in a long marketJ.C. Kneale, Vice President, Natural Gas, ICE
1:45 Challenges and Changes in the Short-Term Market: How are Traders Responding?
– Adapting to an expansion of spot and short-term trades– Growing diversity of market participants
– Shorter-term arbitrage opportunities and risk management requirements: A catalyst for liquidity?
– How are traders fueling the drive towards standardization? Where are the roadblocks?
Jason Feer, Head of Business Intelligence, Poten & Partners, Inc.Eric Pedroso de Almeida, LNG Trader, PetroChina International (America), Inc.
2:45 Networking & Refreshment Break
3:15 Beyond the Liquefaction Plant: Investing in Next Generation LNG Demand– Supply risk moves from buyer to seller, leaving
unprecedented demand gaps that cannot be filledby “economic growth”
– Moving a mountain (of coal): Policy initiatives required to usher in the era of Asian coal to gas switching
– Choice or necessity? Building demand in an oversupplied market, one cargo at a time
Madeline Jowdy, Senior Director, Global Gas & LNG, S&P Global Platts
Global Demand—Procurement Trends in Established and Developing Markets, Small Scale, and Maritime
4:15 PANEL DISCUSSION LNG Contracting: Making a Long Story Short– Numerous long-term agreements are expiring in the
coming years: How will these be redesigned?– How will these new contract models compete with
existing SPAs?– What is the probability of a master SPA evolving in
LNG for expiring contracts from existing projects?– What requests are end-users and portfolio players
making of producers with expiring long-term contracts?
4:45
Kasciandro Senem, Executive Vice President, LNG Origination and Trading, Golar PowerMitzi St. Rose, Manager, Energy Marketing and Trading, The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Kamran Javed, General Manager, LNG, JERA Americas
PANEL DISCUSSION Accessing Emerging LNG Markets through Infrastructure Finance– How can traditionally coal-based economies overcome financing challenges to make the switch to gas at a time when multilateral lenders and other investors are turning away from hydrocarbons projects?– Is LNG really the fuel of the future for emerging markets?– State of FSRUsModerator: Michael Stirling, Chief Executive Officer, Stirling Infrastructure PartnersMarcus Williams, Global Head and Sector Manager, Energy and Extractive Industries, World Bank Group/MIGA Sam Margolin, Managing Director, Wolfe ResearchJean Lee, Partner, Allen & Overy
5:45 Cocktail Reception
6:45 Close of Day Two
Day 3: Friday, February 14, 2020
7:30 Networking Breakfast
8:30 Chairmen’s Review of Day TwoDavid Asmus, Partner, Sidley Austin Brian Bradshaw, Partner, Sidley Austin
9:00 European Hubs: The Financial and Physical Balancer– Extensive regasification capacity– Connection to hub prices: Flexible demand and liquid
trading options– Significant storage capabilities– Ability to absorb surplus options– Will Europe transform into a true demand center?Andrew Helm, Senior LNG Trader, Centrica
9:30 Spotlight on Japanese LNG Demand: A Shift in Profile– Relaxation of destination clauses– The impacts of market liberalization and fragmentation– Steady rate of return on return of nuclear
– Need for flexible contracts amid fuel-on-fuel competitionChikako Ishiguro, Senior Analyst, Research and Planning, Osaka Gas Corp. Ltd.
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10:00 Spotlight on Latin American LNG Demand: Opportunities and Challenges– Latin America’s place in the global LNG market:
– Can Latin America act as an alternative to Europe as market of last resort?
– Is Latin America positioned in the Atlantic Basin to receive surplus global LNG volumes? What are the shipping costs from US Gulf/Trinidad/Peru to major Latin American import centers?
– Central America and the Caribbean: Can small-scale LNG take hold?
– Latin American LNG competition from domestic gas production and pipeline imports:– Argentina’s shale gas, Brazil’s deepwater,
Mexico’s natural gas imports from the US, Colombia’s domestic gas potential
– Chile: Argentina’s shale to the rescue?– Can Bolivia maintain its pipeline
commitments to Brazil and Argentina?Majed Limam, Manager, LNG Americas, Poten & Partners, Inc.
10:30 Networking & Refreshment Break
11:00 PANEL DISCUSSION Small-Scale and Distributed LNG Demand– Where are the markets?– The elements: Supply, shipping, receiving, distributing– Economics to consider when matching small and mid-scale LNG plants and supply chain solutions for your market(s)– What qualifies as small scale?– Price: How does it drive value in certain markets– Logistics– Projects in developmentModerator: Chris Richardson, Partner, White & Case Milorad Doljanin, Chief Executive Officer, Avenir LNG Sean Lalani, President, Eagle LNG PartnersMark Casaday, Chief Executive Officer, Edge Gathering Virtual PipelineBrian Brantley, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, SeaOne Holdings, LLC
12:00 PANEL DISCUSSION Maritime Demand for LNG– IMO requirement for 0.5% sulfur
– new vessel operations– status of ship conversions– risk assessment: age of ship affecting decision
– Status of scrubber insertions– Economic considerations for adoptionPeter I. Keller, Chairman, SEA/LNGAziz Bamik, General Manager, GTT – North America
1:00 Close of Conference
Agenda subject to change. Please visit www.platts.com/lngconference for updates.
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Exhibitor:
Executive Sponsors: Corporate Sponsors:
Past attending companies of the S&P Global Platts LNG ConferenceABS Group
AES Corp
Aggreko
American Bureau of Shipping
Annova LNG
Bechtel
Berkeley Research Group
BlackRock
BNP Paribas
Boardwalk
BP America
Braskem America
BWSC
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Calamari LNG
Cameron LNG
Castalia Advisors
Celsia
Cenergica
Center for LNG
Centrica
Cheniere Energy
CH-IV International
Clean Marine Energy
CNOOC
Conrad LNG
Constellation Energy
Cuestamoras Energia
Deloitte
Direct Energy
Dominion Cove Point LNG
Dow Oil, Gas & Mining
Eagle LNG Partners
EcoElectrica
ENAGAS
Enbridge
Encana
ENGIE
Enlink Midstream
EthosEnergy
Exelon
Fearnley LNG
Ferus
Freeport LNG
Gazprom Marketing & Trading
Golden Pass LNG
Goldman Sachs
Grupo GM
Hanwha Holdings
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
InterGen
Inversiones Bahia
Jordan Cove LNG
JX Nippon Oil & Energy
K Line America
King & Spalding
Korea Development Bank
LNG Ltd.
LS Power
Macquarie Capital
Mammoet
Marubeni Corp
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsui & Co.
NextDecade
NYK Energy Transport
Oaktree Capital Management
Osaka Gas
ONEOK
Pacific Summit Energy
PETROBRAS
Petrochina
Pivotal LNG
Polaris Shipping
Poten & Partners
RBC Capital Markets
Sempra LNG
Sequent Energy Management
SGS
Shell
Siemens Financial Services
SK E&S Americas
Stabilis Energy
Statoil Natural Gas
Sumitomo Corp
Tenaska
Texas LNG
TOTE
Tokyo Gas
TransCanada
Uniper Global Commodities
US Department of Energy
US EXIM
Wartsila Energy Solutions
White & Case
World Fuel Services
XLNG
Plus many more
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