King & Spalding (JD Supra Singapore)
6 results for King & Spalding (JD Supra Singapore)
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2019 - A Year in Review for LNG in Asia Pacific
2019 has been transformative for the Asia Pacific LNG market. Greater innovation, evolving business models, new structures and alternative approaches to risk management have all had a part to play in shaking up the world’s largest LNG market.
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The IMO and the Price of Gas or The Impact of the International Maritime Organisation’s Sulphur 2020 Limit for Marine Fuel Oil on the Price of Gas
The main bunker fuel for ships is High Sulphur Fuel Oil (HSFO, with sulphur up to 3.5% m/m (mass by mass)). This will all change on 1 January 2020 when the IMO’s regulation to reduce the limit for sulphur content in fuel oil used in ships to 0.5% m/m comes into effect. The reduction to the sulphur content limit is predicted to lead to a massive drop in the consumption of HSFO, which in turn, we...
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Developing an FSRU Project in New Markets: 10 Key Considerations
As at 1 July 2017, the total number of operational floating storage and regasification units (“FSRUs”) globally stood at 26, with 23 operating as terminals and 3 as LNG tankers. A further 10 vessels were under construction, with options having been placed with shipyards for another 10 vessels. In the second half of 2017, the global FSRU market has continued to develop, with projects such as...
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Gas Market Reform in Asia: an Update on the Implementation of Third Party Access to LNG Import Terminals
The rise of natural gas and LNG in Asia continues apace, fuelled by a convergence of plentiful global LNG supply, growing demand, moves towards cleaner fuel supply and competitive natural gas pricing. A key part of the equation remains the shape and structure of domestic gas markets: are the economies of Asia well placed to take advantage of this phenomenon? How open and accessible are the Asian...
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An Asian LNG Spot Price – Have We Reached the Tipping Point?
For several years, many government agencies, LNG industry players and commodity trading organisations have been pushing for the development of an Asian LNG market price that is independent of oil prices and reflective of the LNG value in Asia and the Asian supply and demand balance. Initiatives, each backed by the relevant government, are underway in Singapore, Japan and Shanghai to establish...
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Dispute Resolution Options in Asia – Expanding the Menu: Arbitration, Mediation and Singapore’s New International Commercial Court
In the past five years, the international dispute resolution landscape in Asia has evolved at a rapid pace. Singapore and Hong Kong have emerged as leading global centres for dispute resolution, and have been at the forefront of many institutional and legislative developments. But change has not been confined to these two jurisdictions. There have been significant developments across Asia in the...