Management Consulting: Natural Gas & NGLs

As public awareness and concern over the environment has increased, and as crude oil prices have tripled in recent years, the age of gas has finally taken hold globally.

Kline’s historic expertise in chemical and specialty markets is mirrored in gas and NGLs, where we our consultants have undertaken numerous analyses of the market potential for natural gas in emerging and mature markets. Closely associated with our Gas Markets expertise is a broad knowledge of LNG project economics, and the commercial and strategic drivers behind LNG, as one option for remote gas development. We have advised clients, both public and private sector, about how to enter new gas and/or LNG markets.

In addition to gas markets, Kline maintains expertise in Natural Gas Liquids, ranging from condensate marketing and refining analyses, to gas processing economics and LPG, ethane and natural gasoline market and marketing studies.

• LNG

• Performed diagnostic assessment of, and recommended changes to, the LNG project development processes in a major oil company.
  
• Evaluated the market prospects for an export-oriented LNG project in Bangladesh.
  
• Analyzed GTL and LNG project alternatives for a major upstream company in West Africa.

• Gas Markets

• Projected markets for natural gas in Luzon Island for a major new offshore Philippine gas pipeline.
  
• Performed a due diligence analysis of the Singapore gas market for an offshore pipeline gas supplier in final stages of project approvals.
  
• Projected potential and economic demand for imported LNG in several coastal provinces of China for potential LNG suppliers.

• Natural Gas Liquids and Condensates

• Analyzed North American retail propane acquisition candidates for several potential buyers.
  
• Helped a major North African supplier to develop an Atlantic Basin LPG marketing strategy.
  
• Advised a chemical producer on the future North American supply and pricing of iso-butane.