About This Course

The course provides a general overview of how the overall LNG value chain operates from upstream gas production, through liquefaction, shipping to re-gasification and sales to the final end-users. A special focus is put on the market fundamentals of the LNG industry. The course will present: the global distribution of conventional and unconventional gas reserves; an overview of global LNG supply sources, with special emphasis on the role that North America is playing as a new supply source; the U.S. LNG Exporting Approval System; an overview of regional markets with a discussion on the prospects for LNG demand growth and the importance of the established and emerging markets; the dynamic balance between supply and demand; and an analysis of the global LNG trading patterns, main trading flows (country to country transactions), main trading routes (port to port transactions), reloading and cargo diversions.