Overview

Rystad Energy's Gas & LNG Trading Solution is a comprehensive platform designed to provide real-time insights into the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market. By integrating granular data with advanced analytics, this solution enables energy companies and traders to navigate the complexities of the global LNG landscape effectively. Users can monitor market dynamics, production levels, trade flows, demand fluctuations, pricing trends, and the competitive environment of LNG. The platform facilitates the identification of both spot and long-term trade opportunities, offers visibility into planned and unplanned outages, and provides detailed analyses of LNG contracts and infrastructure projects. Additionally, it allows for mapping LNG trades across the entire value chain—from upstream production to regasification—with a high degree of granularity, including the capability to assess CO₂ emissions at the voyage level.

Features and Capabilities

• Real-Time LNG Flow Monitoring: Utilizes localized and global Automatic Identification System (AIS) data to track LNG vessel movements and monitor trade flows on a daily basis, providing up-to-date information on export and import activities.
• Comprehensive Market Analytics: Offers in-depth analysis of LNG fundamentals, including production volumes, demand forecasts, cost structures, and emissions data across the entire value chain, enabling users to make informed decisions based on current market conditions.
• LNG Contract Database: Maintains a detailed repository of LNG contracts, encompassing pricing mechanisms, indexation details, and contract durations, assisting users in evaluating trade volumes and price differentials between long-term contracts and spot markets.
• Infrastructure Insights: Provides detailed information on LNG liquefaction and regasification capacities, utilization rates, and infrastructure projects, allowing users to assess facility performance and identify potential bottlenecks or opportunities within the supply chain.
• Carbon Emissions Tracking: Enables screening and evaluation of CO₂ emissions associated with LNG trades at the voyage level, supporting users in aligning their operations with environmental regulations and sustainability goals.
• Storage Monitoring: Tracks gas storage changes in key regions, including Europe, the United States, and Asia, offering insights into regional supply and demand balances and potential impacts on LNG markets.
• Price Forecasting and Analysis: Delivers up-to-date price forecasts for major regional hubs, supported by weekly, monthly, and annual reports that analyze market-moving events and near-term price influencers across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
• Customizable Data Analytics: Features a best-in-class analytical tool that combines deep research capabilities with AIS maritime intelligence data, allowing users to tailor analyses to their specific needs and workflows.
• Advisory Services: Offers bespoke consulting engagements delivered by industry specialists, providing strategic insights and tailored solutions to address unique challenges and opportunities within the LNG market.