Finance

• LNG project finance including shipping – examples of how this is adapting to environmental concerns and uncertainties over long term production

• The role of venture capital and start ups

• LNG cost benchmarks

Trading/Pricing

• New references for LNG pricing formulae. After oil and coal indexing, and open market trading, what could the future hold?

• Diversification of trading platforms - paper trading, liquidity issues, derivatives, index hedging and emerging electronic trading

• Tariffed liquefaction by developers; LNG transportation by shipowners ‐ the changing perception of technical risk and opportunities for disruption in the traditional LNG supply chain

Legal

• Capital project risk identifaction, mitigation and contractual allocation

• Contracting strategies for LNG marketing