CWC set to run the most established LNG buyers & sellers meeting in the Americas for the 13th time

AUSTIN, Texas - Dec. 22, 2014 - PRLog -- 16 December 2014 – London – CWC has announced that its 13^th World LNG Series: Americas Summit is set to take place from 12-15 May 2015, moving to the city of Austin, Texas. The focus of the summit will be to establish the Americas within a global LNG context and to discuss critical industry developments, including:

·         Will lower oil prices change LNG buyers’ attitude back towards oil indexation rather than gas hub indexation?

·         Could a new FOB US LNG pricing index develop?

·         How will the Panama Canal impact trade flows to Asia?

·         The Battle of Cost Control: What lessons can Canadian projects learn from other Mega Greenfield projects?

·         How will sellers in Trinidad compete with the strong challenge looming from US LNG?

·         Is FLNG a viable competitive approach to supplying markets in the Americas?

Decision makers from all over the world will gather to discuss and listen to insights from an international speaker panel, including:

·         Paula Gant, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, Department of Energy

·         Michael McGehee, Director of Pipeline Certificates, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

·         Mark Stubbe, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Trading, Cheniere Energy

·         Hiroshi Ohki, General Manager & Head of North American LNG Business, Fuels Dept., Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc

·         Keo Lukefahr, General Manager, North America Natural Gas, PetroChina

·         Martin Houston,  Chairman, Parallax Energy

·         Mitchell Stevens, President, Nisga’a Lisims Government

·         Rodrigo Vilanova , Global Head of LNG Supply & Trading, Petrobras

·         Richard Baylis, Head of LNG, E.ON Global Commodities

Further key features of the summit include a wide array of networking opportunities, as well as the opportunity to visit the newly converted Cheniere export terminal at Sabine Pass.

Registration for the summit is now open at http://lngamericas.cwclng.com/

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