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Strengthening global energy security and fuelling system for transformation
Natural gas and LNG markets are under acute pressure as disruption to global energy flows intensifies. Asia’s demand for reliable energy is growing at unprecedented speed, yet the region must now navigate fractured supply routes, price volatility and infrastructure gaps to secure gas, displace coal and sustain industrial growth. Gastech will examine how the industry can stabilise energy systems, protect critical trade routes and maintain infrastructure investment through prolonged uncertainty.
Monday, 14 September | 10:00 - 11:00Strategic Leadership
The energy reset: Who controls power in the new global order?
Power demand is surging while supply chains fracture and infrastructure become strategic. Governments are rethinking how energy is built, secured and financed as geopolitical shocks expose fragile markets. Hard choices loom between sovereignty, cost and decarbonisation: coal, renewables, or flexible LNG. As electrification, industry and urban growth accelerate, natural gas and LNG remain essential, delivering reliable baseload power and anchoring a resilient, diversified energy system.Audience i... Read More
Monday, 14 September | 12:00 - 12:20Strategic Leadership
Hardening the grid: Protecting critical energy infrastructure in a contested world
As geopolitical tensions and hybrid threats intensify, energy infrastructure is increasingly exposed to physical attack, cyber intrusion and strategic sabotage. From pipelines and LNG terminals to grids and control systems, resilience is now a matter of national and economic security. Military, government and energy leaders are aligning to anticipate, deter and respond to multi-domain threats while maintaining continuity of supply. This includes infrastructure hardening, real-time monitorin... Read More
Monday, 14 September | 12:00 - 12:45Strategic Leadership
Demand surge, system strain: Asia’s energy stress test
Emerging Asia is at the centre of surging energy demand, with growth driven by industrialisation, digitalisation and rising populations. Power systems are under strain from infrastructure gaps and fuel risks. The priority is securing reliable, affordable electricity. Gas and LNG are critical for grid stability, supply diversification and industrial growth, especially where alternatives fall short. Progress hinges on market reform, transparent pricing, stronger utility finances and deeper region... Read More
Monday, 14 September | 12:40 - 01:00Strategic Leadership
Recalibrating cross-border LNG investments to anchor regional stability
As Middle East conflict reshapes energy markets, gas flows are fragmenting and risk is being repriced. LNG investment is shifting from volume growth to regional resilience and stability. Cross-border projects are being redesigned to share infrastructure, align regulation and distribute risk. Floating assets, modular terminals, and integrated pipelines, storage and shipping networks are enabling systems that can flex as trade routes shift. Governments, NOCs and private capit... Read More
Monday, 14 September | 02:20 - 02:40Strategic Leadership
From volatility to vision: Building markets that reward stability and innovation
With geopolitical conflict amplifying disruption, energy markets are moving beyond cycles of volatility into a more structurally fragmented phase. Price signals are increasingly shaped by security concerns, supply realignment and shifting trade routes, challenging traditional investment models. For producers, consumers and investors, stability now depends on clearer long-term signals, coordinated policy frameworks and stronger producer–consumer alignment. Market structures are under pressur... Read More
Monday, 14 September | 02:45 - 03:30Strategic Leadership
Keeping gas competitive: Navigating fragility at the heart of global gas markets
Natural gas is entering a more complex era. Hopes of prolonged LNG oversupply have faded, replaced by tighter markets, price volatility and fierce competition for cargoes, especially in Asia. High prices are slowing demand in sensitive economies, raising risks of fuel switching and long-term demand loss as power, industry and data centres seek alternatives. Keeping gas competitive will require flexible supply, strategic storage and coordinated approaches, echoing oil stockpiling, to manage volat... Read More
Monday, 14 September | 03:00 - 03:20Strategic Leadership
Power multiplied: Africa’s energy systems as engines of global competitiveness
Africa accounts for around 20% of the world’s population but less than 4% of global electricity consumption, a gap that continues to constrain industrial output, productivity and export capacity. Power costs in several African markets remain two to three times higher than in industrial economies, shaping where manufacturing, data centres and energy-intensive industries locate. The continent holds around 7% of global gas reserves and significant renewable potential, positioning energy as both a d... Read More
Monday, 14 September | 03:30 - 04:15Strategic Leadership
LNG in the age of electrification: Contracting, competition and demand realities
Electrification is driving global power demand, but LNG’s role is diverging. In Southeast Asia, urbanisation and cooling needs sustain gas-to-power growth; in mature markets, gas competes with renewables and storage. For buyers, the challenge is strategic: securing long-term supply in a tightening market while managing volatility, infrastructure constraints and shifting climate policy. Flexibility now matters as much as baseload. As renewables and batteries scale, the question is when they can m... Read More
Monday, 14 September | 03:40 - 04:00Strategic Leadership
The new regulators: Designing energy frameworks for speed, security and transformation
As geopolitical shocks expose system vulnerabilities, regulators are becoming architects of resilience. Frameworks are now judged on their ability to withstand disruption and maintain continuity under stress, not just efficiency or decarbonisation. Permitting, market rules and network regulation are being redesigned to mandate flexibility. Requirements for storage, spare capacity, fuel diversity, demand response and interoperability are helping systems adapt as conditions shift. ... Read More
Monday, 14 September | 04:15 - 05:00Strategic Leadership
Regulate or stagnate: The policy choices that will define the next decade
Energy regulation is becoming more interventionist, shifting focus from efficiency to capacity, resilience and strategic reserves as governments respond to volatility and supply concerns.A key challenge is funding new capacity, including gas storage, while keeping markets attractive to investors. At the same time, policy tensions are rising as ambitious methane and carbon targets test short-term feasibility, raising a broader question: should regulation enable the transition or actively force it... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 10:00 - 10:45Strategic Leadership
From molecule to market: Building LNG infrastructure to connect demand centres in an era of energy crisis and supply chain disruption
The ability to deliver new LNG into the global market is increasingly dependent on EPC strategies that can accelerate project delivery while managing growing supply chain risks. With global LNG demand projected to rise by around 60% by 2040, driven by Asia’s industrial growth, emissions targets and surging electricity needs from AI and data centre expansion, the pressure to develop infrastructure quickly and reliably is intensifying. Compounded by escalating geopolitical tensions and growing ins... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 10:45 - 11:30Strategic Leadership
Intelligent LNG: Transforming production, markets and shipping with AI
AI is rapidly reshaping the LNG value chain, offering new opportunities to enhance reliability, reduce costs and optimise decision-making from production to delivery. As global appetite for LNG grows, producers and traders are under increasing pressure to boost efficiency and extract more value from every molecule.Across liquefaction plants, AI‑enabled predictive maintenance, digital twins and automated process optimisation are reducing unplanned downtime and improving energy efficiency. In ship... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 11:30 - 12:15Strategic Leadership
Securing LNG supply through next-generation liquefaction, modularity, regasification and digital optimisation technologies
Next generation liquefaction is emerging as the backbone of future LNG competitiveness, unlocking faster delivery, lower costs, and greater operational flexibility across the value chain. With IEA forecasting over 300 bcm of new liquefaction capacity under development through 2030, global players are increasingly relying on advanced engineering solutions to bring projects online at pace and scale. Alongside advances in liquefaction, the rapid deployment of flexible regasification infrastructure ... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 11:30 - 12:15Japan Energy Strategic
Harnessing Japanese energy diplomacy at a global inflection point: Strengthening supply resilience, diversification, and strategic partnerships
As Asia navigates an increasingly complex geopolitical and economic landscape, Japan is redefining the role of energy diplomacy in support of both national energy security and wider regional resilience. Building on the priorities of the 7th Strategic Energy Plan, policymakers are adopting a more integrated approach to supply diversification, economic security, infrastructure development, and cross-border cooperation. As governments and industry confront growing uncertainty across trade routes, s... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 12:15 - 01:00Japan Energy Strategic
Transforming Japan’s energy mix: Diversifying and stabilising a future-ready energy system
Japan’s energy system is undergoing a period of far-reaching structural recalibration. As a major importer and industrial energy consumer, external market shocks in 2026 and longer-term demand growth projections have urgently accelerated the need to redefine Japan’s energy mix – optimising the balance between hydrocarbons, nuclear power, renewables and alternative fuels. A national strategic focus already prioritising supply chain stability is also pivoting sharply towards system-level resi... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 12:15 - 01:00Strategic Leadership
New supply, uncertain demand: Where the next gas is coming from - and do we even need it?
Recent disruptions to key supply routes have transformed a well-supplied gas market into a more constrained and uncertain one. The loss and redirection of volumes has underscored how quickly global balances can shift, and how concentrated supply and infrastructure remain across both LNG and pipeline systems. Attention is turning to the need for greater supply diversity, expanded system capacity and more flexible routes to market. New and underutilised sources of gas, alongside existing producers... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 02:00 - 02:45Strategic Leadership
Fuel choices and flexibility: The next phase of Asia’s LNG growth
Asia’s fast-growing economies are central to global LNG demand, even as tighter markets and higher prices strain energy systems. Urbanisation, industrial growth and rising power use are driving the need for reliable, affordable gas, while increasing sensitivity to volatility. In Southeast Asia, LNG supports grid reliability; elsewhere it competes with coal, renewables and nuclear. Sustaining demand will depend on infrastructure, diversified supply and contract flexibility in a tighter market.Aud... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 04:15 - 05:00Japan Energy Strategic
Powering Japan’s next industrial boom: Meeting energy demand from data centres, semiconductors and advanced technology manufacturing
Japan is experiencing a major boost in energy-intensive industries, with semiconductor fabrication plants, AI supercomputing centres, EV manufacturing hubs, and precision-materials facilities growing rapidly. Japan’s trajectory as a world-leading high-value manufacturing powerhouse is transforming energy demand patterns and accelerating the need for high-volume, cost-efficient clean power. This industrial expansion is impacting LNG procurement, power purchase agreements, grid planning and corpor... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 02:45 - 03:30Strategic Leadership
Trading the LNG market: Contracting, optionality and portfolio advantage
LNG markets are becoming more dynamic and trade-driven, with freight, routing and timing increasingly shaping value. For traders, success lies in optimising cargoes across routes and counterparties, not just regional price spreads. This is reshaping contracts. Flexibility, diversion rights and portfolio breadth are now key advantages, while buyers weigh concentration versus diversification. Long-term deals remain vital but must evolve to keep pace with a more fluid, trader-led market.Audience in... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 02:45 - 03:30Japan Energy Strategic
Fuel choice under pressure: Utilities, resilience and Japan’s evolving power mix
Japan’s utilities face tough fuel strategy decisions. Electricity demand is rising while global markets are exposed to geopolitical shocks and price volatility. Nuclear restarts are progressing slowly, while renewables are growing but face grid bottlenecks and regional imbalances, LNG offers system flexibility, and coal is playing a role despite energy transition challenges. At the same time, Japan’s Emissions Trading Scheme (GX-ETS) and corporate decarbonisation goals are pushing for lower emis... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 03:30 - 04:00Strategic Leadership
The new energy powers: Who will shape the next era of gas supply?
As global energy demand continues to grow and energy security remains a strategic priority, a new generation of producers is emerging alongside established suppliers seeking to expand their role in international markets. From frontier developments and untapped resources to major expansion projects, countries are competing to attract investment, accelerate project delivery and secure their place in the future energy landscape.What separates nations that successfully convert resource potential int... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 03:40 - 04:00Strategic Leadership
Energy without borders: Transforming markets through infrastructure mega-corridors
Large-scale energy infrastructure is reshaping how energy markets operate across regions. Cross-border electricity interconnectors, gas and LNG networks, hydrogen backbones and CO₂ transport corridors are linking supply and demand beyond national boundaries, enabling scale, flexibility and resilience. In Southeast Asia, initiatives such as the ASEAN Power Grid, expanding regional gas and LNG connectivity, and emerging cross-border renewable and hydrogen corridors illustrate how infrastructure me... Read More
Wednesday, 16 September | 10:00 - 10:30Strategic Leadership
Rising economies, rising demand: How the next industrial age gets powered
Emerging markets are redefining global energy demand in both scale and character. The focus is shifting from headline growth to its durability, with industrial users increasingly at its centre. Across South and Southeast Asia, strong signals from buyers and utilities point to continued expansion driven by industrialisation, electrification, and digital infrastructure - with LNG playing a key bridging role. But translating demand signals into bankable projects remains the critical challenge. ... Read More
Wednesday, 16 September | 10:30 - 11:00Strategic Leadership
Africa takes power: Control, sovereignty and growth
Expanding access to affordable, reliable energy remains vital for growth, industry and stability, even as rising demand and system pressures intensify challenges. Affordability is now as critical as availability, with price volatility and financing constraints shaping policy and investment. Governments must balance access, reliability and fiscal risk.Progress depends on practical pathways, from infrastructure and market design to international cooperation that supports stability and long-term re... Read More
Wednesday, 16 September | 11:30 - 12:00Strategic Leadership
Energy in the age of techno-sovereignty
Energy and digital infrastructure are becoming central to national power, reshaping sovereignty and strategic risk. Governments are tightening control over grids, supply chains and systems, while focusing on cyber security and reducing external dependencies.This shift is influencing investment, regulation and international cooperation. Greater control can strengthen resilience, but risks fragmentation and inefficiency. The challenge is balancing national control with the benefits of interconnect... Read More
Wednesday, 16 September | 02:30 - 03:00Strategic Leadership
Capturing the lost opportunity: Driving global alignment on methane abatement across natural gas supply chains
Over 75% of energy sector methane emissions could be cut with existing, often low-cost technologies. Yet uneven regulation and policy create inconsistent incentives and enforcement across regions. Embedding methane management across operations, from maintenance to procurement and capital allocation, is critical to turning data into action.Linking emissions intensity to market access, financing and buyer requirements can drive change, making methane management a core performance metric across the... Read More
Wednesday, 16 September | 03:00 - 03:30Strategic Leadership
Advancing sustainable maritime infrastructure and fleet capacity
Global shipping is at a turning point, with regulation, technology and climate goals accelerating the shift to low-carbon fuels. The IMO’s Net-Zero Framework introduces fuel standards and carbon pricing to cut emissions across most oceangoing vessels.LNG is playing a near-term role, supporting emissions reductions as alternative-fuel fleets expand.Delivering the transition will require major investment in bunkering, ports and shore power, alongside stronger coordination across industry and polic... Read More
Monday, 14 September | 12:45 - 01:15Strategic Leadership
Asia's energy century: Powering growth in a multi-fuel world
Asia sits at the centre of the global energy story. Home to the world's fastest-growing demand centres, the region must balance energy security, affordability and sustainability while navigating geopolitical uncertainty, technological disruption and shifting trade flows. LNG remains critical, but power, renewables, hydrogen, carbon management and AI-driven demand are reshaping investment priorities. As Asia's leading energy companies expand their portfolios and influence, what choices will defin... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 04:30 - 05:00Strategic Leadership
Building supply chains that bend without breaking: Geopolitics, trade and the new rules of energy delivery
Global energy supply chains are under strain, with disruptions exposing fragile chokepoints and the speed of geopolitical shocks. Shipping has shifted from logistics to a strategic lever shaping cost, access and delivery.Rising LNG tanker capacity is redefining routing and commercial strategy, influencing flexibility, arbitrage and market liquidity. Meanwhile, trade tensions and industrial policy are reshaping sourcing, making diversification, flexible shipping and closer public-private coordina... Read More
Monday, 14 September | 12:00 - 01:30EPC & Gas Processing Technical
Project updates: Design & operation
The New Fortress Energy Fast LNG Facility: Living with, operating and optimising the ‘Tour de Force’ - the first two yearsSteven Borsos, VP – LNG, Fluor At the Gastech 2025 conference, the authors presented the NFE Fast LNG liquefaction project’s ‘tour de force’ of technical innovations and fast-track implementation. Recapping, the project implemented a pioneering, fully integrated, stand-alone, modular mid-scale LNG facility with a nominal capacity of 1.4 MTPA, with utilities, accomm... Read More
Monday, 14 September | 02:00 - 03:30EPC & Gas Processing Technical
FLNG project updates
Accelerated commissioning of Golar Gimi FLNG facilityShane Andriano, Commissioning & Start-Up Support Manager, Black & Veatch Commissioning of Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facilities is typically bottlenecked by the availability of the natural gas feedstock. This is because a steady flow of natural gas is a prerequisite for commissioning and start-up activities, but the initial production of natural gas from upstream gathering systems may not develop in sequence with ... Read More
Monday, 14 September | 03:30 - 05:00EPC & Gas Processing Technical
Maximising production from existing LNG projects
Maximising throughput: Lessons from Freeport LNG’s multi-train debottlenecking effort Ruiperez Vara, Director - Capital Projects & LNG Technology, Freeport LNG Freeport LNG has successfully executed a comprehensive debottlenecking initiative to increase the production capacity of its LNG export facility in Freeport, Texas. The effort raised total plant production across Trains 1, 2, and 3 to 17 MTPA - approximately 11% above original nameplate - representing a significant performan... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 10:00 - 11:30EPC & Gas Processing Technical
Liquefaction technology selection & optimisation
Large LNG trains: Revisiting economies of scale Jonathan Berg, Technology Manager - LNG Process Engineering, Honeywell LNGAs the LNG industry has evolved over the past 50+ years, new opportunity types and project challenges have driven diversification in liquefaction processes and train sizes. In the recent past, constraints such as challenging locations, staged investment strategies, limited availability of skilled labour, and plot space limitations prompted evaluation of alternative ... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 11:30 - 01:00EPC & Gas Processing Technical
Pre-treatment & extraction
Monetising hydrogen and helium in LNG facilities: Opportunities in an electrified future Andrew Doerflinger, Process Engineer, Black & Veatch As LNG facilities adopt electrification to reduce carbon emissions, the traditional reliance on natural gas for power generation is diminishing. This shift creates a new opportunity: hydrogen and helium, historically consumed in fuel gas systems as inconsequential components, can be economically recovered and monetised. Hydrogen could potenti... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 01:30 - 03:00EPC & Gas Processing Technical
Terminals & infrastructure
Techno-economic evaluation of small-scale LNG for monetising stranded gas: A central India case study Ashish Pathak, Manager - Marketing, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)India aims to increase the share of natural gas in its energy mix to 15% by 2030; however, several discovered gas accumulations remain stranded due to their remoteness from trunk pipelines and limited local demand. Monetisation of such non-connected fields requires modular and economically viable evacuation solutions.... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 03:00 - 04:30EPC & Gas Processing Technical
Layout & construction optimisation
Modular or stick-built: Schedules trade-offs in LNG EPC project deliveryDr. Rafael Agra, Construction Manager, Technip Energies As LNG projects continue to increase in scale, technical complexity, and geographic diversity, project stakeholders are increasingly required to balance aggressive schedule targets against heightened execution risk. Among the most influential strategic decisions made during project development is the selection between modularised construction and conventional... Read More
Wednesday, 16 September | 10:00 - 11:30EPC & Gas Processing Technical
Pipeline design, operation & management
Repurposing legacy pipelines for hydrogen, CO₂ and renewable gas blends: Engineering lessons from field data Soheil Taherian, GM - Engineering, Verbrec Australia’s gas transmission network contains hundreds of kilometres of pipelines constructed in the 1960s to 1990s. Many of these assets are candidates for repurposing to transport hydrogen, CO₂ for CCS projects, biomethane and synthetic methane. While global interest in repurposing is increasing, the technical feasibility is still not... Read More
Wednesday, 16 September | 11:30 - 01:00EPC & Gas Processing Technical
Asset evaluation & life extension
Optimising LNG plant performance through predictive asset life and residual life management Dr. Hossein Khalilpasha, Director - Asset Management APAC, Worley Consulting Extending asset life in LNG plants is no longer optional; it is strategic and essential. With rising energy demand, constrained capital budgets, and multi-year timelines for new developments, existing LNG facilities must deliver more, for longer. Building new plants requires significant investment and lengthy approvals,... Read More
Wednesday, 16 September | 01:30 - 03:00EPC & Gas Processing Technical
HSSE
High thermal efficiency and emission minimisation at Golar Gimi FLNG Pål Sæterdal, Asset Manager, Golar Management The Golar Gimi FLNG is now in operation, and early production data indicate strong feed gas retainage performance, reflecting several key design improvements implemented relative to typical industry practices. Golar and Black & Veatch will highlight these enhancements and demonstrate how targeted upgrades across the liquefaction, power generation, and utility systems h... Read More
Wednesday, 16 September | 03:00 - 04:30EPC & Gas Processing Technical
Optimisation of power systems
Gas turbine waste heat recovery through Air Bottoming Cycle Dr. Lorenzo Toni, Senior Product Leader, Baker Hughes Efficient conversion of waste heat into electricity is crucial for enhancing energy sustainability and delivering additional CO₂-free power generation. It is estimated that approximately 72% of the total primary energy consumed worldwide is ultimately dissipated as waste heat. Although modern gas turbines can reach high efficiency levels, operating them in a single-cycle co... Read More
Tuesday, 15 September | 02:45 - 03:30Global Energy Regulators Forum
Regulating the dual system: Managing hydrocarbons while building the energy transition
Many energy regulators are now overseeing two systems simultaneously. One must continue delivering affordable and reliable hydrocarbons that underpin industrial activity, power generation and energy security. The other requires rapid investment in new infrastructure, low-carbon technologies and emerging energy markets. The challenge is not choosing between them. It is governing both at the same time.The tension between short-term security and long-term decarbonisation is becoming more pronounced... Read More
Monday, 14 September | 02:15 - 02:45Strategic Leadership
The portfolio advantage: Creating value through complexity
As the global energy landscape becomes increasingly interconnected and unpredictable, energy companies must navigate a growing web of geopolitical tensions, evolving trade flows, technological disruption and shifting demand patterns. In this environment, competitive advantage is no longer defined solely by scale or resources, but by the ability to manage complexity, allocate capital effectively and create value across diverse markets, fuels and business models. How are the world's leading integr... Read More
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