Course Objectives:

This course aims to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding and knowledge base of the international physical gas trading business from the perspective of both the trader and the supply analyst. The program focuses on contract negotiations, hedging and trading contracts. It will also focus on approaches that work for valuing and relating both physical gas products.


Who Should Attend?

Planners, Managers Traders etc


Prerequisite Courses

None


Course Overview

• Global Energy Resources
• Development of Energy Markets
• Natural Gas as a global commodity
• Uses of Natural Gas, What drives demand?
• Global Markets and Pricing
• New markets for Natural Gas, NGLs, NG as a transport fuel
• CNG developments
• Competing fuels, Gas as part of a low carbon future
• Types of Gas Production
• Key components of the value chain
• Conventional value chains
• LNG Value Chain
• Global Gas Market: General
• European Markets, US Markets, and Asian Markets
• Gas to Gas Market Mechanics
• Transporting and Storing Natural Gas
• Gas Market Trading and Contracts
• Contract Negotiations
• Valuing Assets in Natural Gas
• Hedging and trading Gas Contracts
• Arbitrage/Spread trading
• Simulated trading session
• Future for Natural Gas


Course Materials

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