How We Help Clients

Gas, LNG, and Midstream

Unlocking value in gas and liquefied natural gas
We help gas companies create distinctive outcomes across the global natural gas and liquefied natural gas value chain.

Natural gas is a major energy source and is poised to play an increasingly significant role in the global energy mix. The rapid growth of liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade and the development of new markets and supply sources have transformed a largely regional business into a global commodity with a diverse group of organizations involved.

To help clients navigate this increasingly complex landscape, we draw on decades of experience working in major energy hubs. We have led projects in a variety of topics, including portfolio strategy, regulation and policy, commercial excellence, contracting and trading, capital productivity, organization, and digital and advanced analytics.

Examples of our work

We combine our consulting and industry expertise with an extensive network of gas experts, a broad range of proprietary sector-specific tools, and deep insight into industry trends and challenges.
Identifying market entry opportunities in Southeast Asia
We helped an integrated utility expand its LNG presence in Southeast Asia by developing detailed LNG market insights, identifying more than 35 sales leads, and facilitating outreach to 20 counterparts. This resulted in eight opportunities to discuss the size and price of potential LNG deals.
Developing an LNG partnership strategy

We supported a European utility and LNG trader in developing a partnership strategy to expand the reach of its portfolio globally, with the aim of maximizing sales and trading opportunities.

Twenty counterparties were identified, five of which were shortlisted to proceed with partnership discussions.

Assessing an LNG contracting valuation
We worked with a North American LNG seller to assess and quantify offers for LNG volumes from a new LNG project. By benchmarking and quantifying the diverse offers, the client was able to identify the most suitable offer and partner.
Improving operations and digital in midstream
We worked with a European transmission system operator (TSO) over several years to implement digital solutions. This included enhancing leak detection and automating maintenance, which created significant value. This initiative became a European lighthouse example of best TSO practices.
Assessing capital projects in LNG and midstream
We benchmarked LNG capital expenditure to support a pre-financial investment decision for an LNG project. This involved assessing the main drivers for cost differences across different LNG plants around the world, analyzing levers to optimize LNG plant value, and distilling key lessons from low-cost developments.
Providing people and organizational design in LNG and midstream
We developed an organizational design for a US LNG project operator, covering both ramp-up and steady-state phases—including recommendations on maintenance, operations, and engineering, as well as HSSE strengths, based on benchmarking with over ten operational and under-construction LNG plants.

Featured Capabilities

We invest heavily in developing proprietary tools, databases, and methods:
Global Gas Model
Our Global Gas Model forecasts supply, demand, infrastructure requirements, and global gas flows using flexible scenarios to allow “what if” analyses. It includes a detailed European pipeline-balancing module incorporating European intra-country flows and storage utilization.
LNG Buyers’ Survey
The LNG Buyers’ Survey is conducted every two years and explores LNG buyers’ most pressing concerns, needs, and contracting preferences to assist in buyer identification and contract structuring. It covers over 75 percent of global LNG demand.
LNG Cost and Emissions Curve
This provides a bottom-up perspective on liquefaction costs, emissions, project feasibility, price structure, and export capacity of close to 100 operating, under-construction, and pre-FID LNG projects.
LNG Portfolio Optimization Tool
Our LNG Portfolio Optimization Tool quantifies LNG strategies and opportunities to add value through new positions in supply, demand, and shipping through simulating and modeling LNG portfolios.
North American Supply and Midstream Model
This supply, demand, and flow forecasting tool is based on supply and demand nodes and North American pipeline networks. It helps companies assess flow direction and changes and identify potential transmission bottlenecks.

Our people

Alessandro Agosta
Milan
Advises and develops natural-gas and liquefied-natural-gas (LNG) companies across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.
Dumitru Dediu
New York
Helps leading energy and capital-intensive companies with shaping their strategies and work in M&A, commercialization, negotiations,...
Berend Heringa
London
Brings expert knowledge on oil and gas strategy, energy-market forecasting, proprietary data, and advanced analytics
Ole Rolser
Amsterdam
Helps energy companies develop future-looking strategies that anticipate trends across fuels, industries, and regions

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