One of the main sessions of the Gastech Virtual Summit as it wound down after five days was a discussion of Asian LNG demand where Japan will develop new small-scale facilities, China is on a steady upward path for cargo imports and Singapore is determined to lead the field in LNG bunkering.
The latest events at the Gastech Virtual Summit saw many interesting technical presentations, including one marking the steady progress of LNG bunkering operations in the US and centred in the state of Florida.
Executives from the leading LNG companies in North America and India took centre stage at the Gastech Virtual Summit on the key issues facing the natural gas industry, with Sempra LNG saying the energy transition was already happening in California and gave an estimate of natural gas needed in LNG terms to back up renewables.
Venture Global, the US developer of three LNG export plants in Louisiana, has spoken at the Gastech Virtual Summit in favour of LNG in the energy transition as a counter to huge new coal power-generation plans in China and the power cuts in the US state of California, he referred to as “green-outs”.
Keynote speakers at the first Gastech Virtual Summit, including Ministers from Singapore and Canada and the head of Integrated Gas at Royal Dutch Shell, have voiced optimism about the future of LNG and natural gas and their managed role in the energy transition.
The first Gastech Virtual Summit gets underway on Monday, September 7, under the title “Connecting the Gas, LNG and Energy Industry” and will run through September 11 as a replacement event for the postponed Conference & Exhibition scheduled for Singapore.
DMG Events of the UK has opened registration for the first Gastech Virtual Summit taking place from September 7-11, 2020, instead of the live traditional Conference & Exhibition scheduled for Singapore and now postponed.