LNG

July 19 (LNGJ) - EDF Trading, a wholly-owned subsidiary of French utility and energy company EDF S.A., has named Alex Watson as its new Head of Gas Trading. Watson took up the role on July 19 and reports to Marcello Romano, Head of Trading. “I’m delighted to welcome Alex to EDF Trading,” said Marcello Romano.

   “He has extensive knowledge of the natural gas and LNG markets and will help us to expand our global gas footprint and the services we provide to the EDF Group and our third party customers,” added Romano. Watson joined EDF Trading from Freepoint Commodities where he was a Cross Commodity Trader. Prior to that, he was a European Natural Gas Trader at Citigroup.

Saudi Aramco has published its prospectus for its planned initial public offering (IPO) with at least 0.5 percent of its shares due to start trading on the Riyadh Tawadul stock market in December and with the company outlining its strategy, including LNG project plans and proposals on meeting increasing domestic natural gas demand.