Will Spot LNG Buying Ever Rebound? Exploring Asia’s Role in a Rapidly Evolving Market

About this episode

The episode discusses the current state of the Asian LNG market and the sluggishness of spot buying as winter ends and the restocking season approaches.

NGI’s Jamison Cocklin, managing editor of LNG, talks with Davenport Energy’s Toby Copson, managing partner and portfolio manager, about where things stand in the Asian LNG market as winter nears an end and the restocking season approaches. Copson, an LNG trader, discusses why Asian LNG spot buying has been so sluggish and whether he expects that to change anytime soon. The conversation also covers other influences shaping the world’s largest LNG market. Copson and Cocklin explore what role Asia will play in the years ahead as more supply from the United States and elsewhere comes online and global natural gas trading expands.

People in this episode

Host: Jamison Cocklin

Guest: Toby Copson

Topics covered

• LNG market
• Asia's role
• spot buying
• natural gas trading
• winter season
• restocking season

Keywords

• LNG
• Asia
• spot buying
• natural gas
• trading
• Davenport Energy
• winter
• restocking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Davenport Energy

Places: Asia, United States

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