About this Training Course
Trading is one of the most dynamic and demanding areas of the fast-growing LNG industry. Due to the unique features of the LNG markets, trading LNG is high stakes business. Today's LNG contracts commonly include:
- Sophisticated pricing terms
- Gas hub–linked pricing
- Index switching formulas with hybrids of minimums and caps
- Volume flexibility options
- Cargo-size tolerance
- Seasonal swings
- Carry-forward options
- Tailored credit and payments terms
- Secured payments on power offtakes and more limited guarantees
However, offering these flexibilities and contract optionality requires a sizeable and diverse portfolio as well as a new set of capabilities, such as price optimization, risk management, and advanced contract structuring. To remain competitive in the volatile LNG markets companies must further develop their LNG trading and origination capabilities. Trading LNG is making fast decisions as circumstances might change fast and opportunities may be short lived.
For the incumbent and new LNG firms managing and controlling risk will be key, but at the same time it should reap profit opportunities. With the entrance of the trading houses coming from the oil industry, trading dynamics in the LNG business are changing. Strategies that were successfully applied in the oil and other commodity sectors are now more and more used in the LNG industry as well. It is necessary to take into account the unique commercial, operational and logistical aspects of LNG trading.
This course will provide companies with the advanced risk management and trading strategies to succeed in today’s challenging LNG trading markets. This intensive and highly interactive course will give you the cutting-edge knowledge needed to successfully apply advanced trading and hedging strategies in today’s complex LNG market.
Your expert course instructor will take you through all the possible trading and hedging opportunities to survive in this challenging market environment and give you tips, tools and tactics to design and execute winning LNG trading strategies. The training course will give you new and in-depth insights into advanced LNG trading, raise your knowledge to a higher level and enhance your performance.