LNG Markets in Transition: The Great Reconfiguration

Edited by Anne-Sophie Corbeau and David Ledesma

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Abstract: The present situation in the LNG market should be seen as a 'crossroads' for the industry. The LNG industry has not been static over the past 5 decades and has already experienced many changes, but still the model of long-term contracts prevails and the majority of LNG is still bought at oil-indexed gas prices. There have however been considerable changes: an increase in short-term trading of LNG, buyer contractual flexibility and FOB contracts which have lead to around a quarter of the LNG is being traded under spot and short-term contracts, with aggregators play a far more significant role. All these factors have influenced project business structures. The industry has now embarked on a period of further change, with 180 bcm of new LNG export capacity (equivalent to more than 50% of LNG trade in 2014) under construction at a time when the assumed rapid LNG demand growth in Asia appears to be slowing. The absorption of this new supply will affect, not only trade-flow patterns, but also pricing dynamics, competition with other gas supply channels and (in the power sector) potentially other fuels. Key to this change is US LNG, with buyers becoming more selective about the price and delivery terms they are ready to accept. Sellers however are facing high costs and are reluctant to abandon a business model in which they have confidence. Oil indexation is under further attack with US LNG selling at HH indexed prices (plus costs), and other sellers and buyers have been pressured to adopt different pricing policies and secure more contractual flexibility. This volume examines the development of the LNG business over the past 50 years and examines how the industry will change over the coming 15 years, faced by unprecedented challenges to its historic business model. Contributors to this volume - Christopher Caswell, LNG and FLNG, KBR Anne-Sophie Corbeau, KAPSARC Sylvie D'Apote, Prysma E&T Consultores Andy Flower, independent consultant James Henderson, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Anouk Honore, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies James T. Jensen, Jensen Associates Ken Koyama, Institute of Energy Economics David Ledesma, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Chris Le Fevre, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Howard V. Rogers, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Brian Songhurst, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Jonathan Stern, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Date: 2016
ISBN: 9780198783268
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