Phil is a graduate of Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business where he double-majored in Finance and International Business. He went on to receive his Master of Science in Energy & Finance from HEC Paris. Phil attended the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's inaugural "School of Managed Futures" in Manhattan and passed the FINRA Series 3 (National Commodity Futures) exam in 2012.
Using the US natural gas production boom to promote the idea of a sustainable “global gas glut”, Asian importers have successfully managed to chip away at the longstanding oil-indexed pricing mechanism for liquefied natural gas (LNG) overthe past two years. While oil-indexation in LNG contracts will certainly not disappear overnight, the shale revolution has provided gas importers with significant negotiating leverage and a new degree of pricing flexibility. Today we examine the trend toward more US centric LNG pricing.
