Interactive Seminar ~ 24 April 2012

08.30 - 16.30

LNG Contracts, Portfolio Optimization & Risk Mitigation

Led by

Workshop Leaders:

	John Fahy Managing Director ERAS Consulting Limited
	Steven Miles Partner Baker Botts LLP
	Thomas. E. Holmberg Partner Baker Botts LLP

Morning Session

Trading, Hedging, Contracting & Portfolio Management of LNG

This session will help you to:

• Understand gas / LNG hedging, risk management and portfolio optimization strategies
• Profit from cargo diversions and market arbitrage opportunities
• Discover how to boost profits and reduce risk through the use of hedging and trading tools in contracts
  

Afternoon Session

Optimizing Trading - New Ways of Creating Value  

This session will help you to:

• Develop strategies for obtaining LNG supply in a competitive market - how to best take advantage of changing terms in LNG purchase agreements (SPAs, MSAs, and options
• Gain access to markets - how to make new types of regasification and storage agreements work for the trading environment
• Overcome the most persistent legal problems for closing deals when the clock is running out

• Put what you have learned and discussed during the Seminar into practice in this LNG Trading Exercise. You will consider the essential information required to guarantee a successful negotiation through scenarios and discussion points. The Seminar leaders will provide guidance and feedback to provide you with new skills and knowledge to use on a daily basis back at the office.  
  

Who should attend: