Paul Marsden, president, energy, Bechtel at LNG2026
Predictability key to LNG project financing
Coherence and conviction through trusted partnerships seen as underpinning risk management in order to spur further LNG growth, panellists at LNG2026 say
LNG projects need a framework of stability and certainty to ensure successful outcomes across the value chain, panellists at LNG2026 said. “The financing world, in particular, loves boring and predictable. Boring as in as much as you don’t need a whole bunch of excitement and things swinging around crazily,” said Paul Marsden, president, energy, at Bechtel at a panel titled ‘Fuelling the Future: Navigating the Evolving Landscape of LNG Project Financing’. Marsden said predictability across everything underscores all finance wins. “That predictability on dates when things are going to come online and that predictability on performance,” he noted.He also added that affordability is key, so “re
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