Pablo Galante Escobar, head of LNG at Vitol, at LNG2026
Reshaping the way LNG is traded
Panellists at LNG2026 discussed the way LNG is marketed and traded, and their own strategies for success
The rapid globalisation of LNG trade, the rise of portfolio players, and a series of geopolitical and weather-driven shocks have fundamentally reshaped how LNG is marketed and traded, panellists said during an LNG2026 discussion. Executives from utilities, major energy companies and trading houses described a market that has become far more interconnected, asset-intensive and financially complex, where flexibility and risk management increasingly determine who can operate successfully. The strategies the industry uses to move molecules profitably, reliably and flexibly have evolved sharply over the past two decades, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the onset of the
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