Joint Venture participants of Equity Lifting LNG Projects (Lifters) are governed by project-specific Operating Agreements. These Agreements specify a participant's entitlements and obligations. All participants have the same operational obligations regardless of equity size. These obligations are complex, market specific and 24/7.
RETAINER SERVICES (DOMESTIC GAS & LNG)
Equity Lifting Solutions offers a retainer service providing Lifters with daily operational support for their participation in Equity Lifting projects:
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Providing strategic support on daily Domgas and LNG scheduling logistics
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Ensuring JV, marketing and transport contract obligations are met
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Supporting Domgas and Excess Lifting marketing strategies
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Providing JV management and negotiation support
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Facilitating introductions to industry participants
MARKET RESEARCH AND STRATEGY
Equity Lifting Solutions uses its experience and network to assist Lifters seek answers that guide a Lifter's decision making. Such larger engagements have included:
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Domestic Gas Market Research
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LNG pricing research
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Competitor analysis
BUSINESS PROCESS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
Equity Lifting Solutions uses its real-world operations experience with Major Oil and Gas companies to help Lifters design and implement reliable operations processes:
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Development of flowcharts and operational manuals for WA domestic gas operations
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Development of flowcharts and manuals for LNG shipping operations
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Development of performance measurement tools
General examples of the work we perform for clients can be found under Case Studies.
LNG/LIQUIDS CARGO MANAGEMENT
WHAT IS EQUITY LIFTING?
"Equity Lifting" refers to an LNG Project ownership and marketing structure, where project equity holders (Joint Venture Partners) have an entitlement to LNG and domestic gas, but also an obligation to offtake (known as "Lifting"), transport and market. Typically, one equity holder will act as the Project Operator. "Equity Lifting" is contrasted by "Joint Marketing" where a marketing and shipping organisation is formed to serve Joint Venture Partners equally. Revenue and costs from each sale are divided equally amongst the partners.
Australian LNG projects have moved predominantly to an Equity Lifting structure, mainly to allow large multinational organisations to fully own and manage the sale of single cargoes. By wholly owning multiple cargoes from multiple Equity Lifting LNG projects worldwide, a company can supply from a so-called "Portfolio" of supply sources. Such companies are known as "Portfolio Players"