Natural Gas at the heart of Energy transition

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Synthesis

ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES :United Nations Sustainable Development Goals : no poverty, affordable and clean energy, climate action.
Energy in the global economy.
Need for more and cleaner energy.
Energy and climate change challenges : role of natural gas.

GAS FUNDAMENTALS
Hydrocarbons formation
Gas reserves and resources
Gas production
Gas transportation: pipe, LNG
Gas value chain
Regional Gas markets
International Gas trade
Reduced CO2 emissions, no particles emissions

FOCUS ON LNG MARKETS AND PRICES
LNG Supply and demand
LNG markets
New LNG development projects
New technologies :FLNG, FSRU
LNG contracts :long term, mid/short term, spot
Spot market development
LNG markets prices
LNG for bunkering and transportation
LNG trading
LNG economics

GAS FOR POWER GENERATION
Levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) with or without CO2 pricing. Comparison with other energies.

GAS : AN ENABLER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLES. EXAMPLES
Flexible back up
Low CO2 emissions
Fighting city air pollution

GAS SECTOR GOVERNANCE AND REGULATION
Core Policy and Strategy Functions
Core regulatory and monitoring functions
Operations
Countries Benchmark
No “one size fits all “

Language

Français & Anglais

Audience type

Students at Master level

Planned duration

5 days *4 hours a day. Duration can be tailored to meet students’ level and/or University program.

Support material

Pdf copy of the slides presented.

Prerequisite

Objectives

To provide an overview of the energy and climate change challenges, of the gas markets, of the role of natural gas in the energy transition , and as an enabler for the development of renewables.