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LNG Solutions
A complete solution for buying, selling, and managing LNG portfolios.
Your LNG Questions
Can I capture LNG contracts for different types of deals in a single system?
How can I model the likelihood and impact of potential scenarios?
How do I accurately determine deal value including individual and combined value of flex components?
Is it possible to determine the effect on value and risk of modifying deal elements?
How can I determine when to exercise flex options?
Can I identify risk hotspots, daily risk metrics and see what’s driving change to risk?
How can I understand a deal’s sensitivity to risk and how it may change over time?
How do I calculate my LNG business risk like VaR and credit risk, and at-risk metrics such as EaR?
Our LNG Solution
Lacima’s LNG solution is purpose-built to seamlessly handle the complex analytical challenges facing LNG trading business including deal capture, deal analysis, portfolio analysis and risk analysis.
Tailored to the unique needs of LNG teams, Lacima Analytics > LNG is vital for any business producing, buying, selling or transporting LNG.
Gain the analysis and insights to inform LNG trading and deal structuring, portfolio management and optimisation, and risk management. Lacima Analytics > LNG captures unique market characteristics and offers stress testing and scenario analysis tools to address uncertainties, underpinned by a shared numerical engine for consistent, reliable analysis.
Lacima Analytics > LNG brings together several Lacima Analytics
modules, tailored to the unique needs of LNG teams.
The LNG Features
Flex Decomposition
- Determine intrinsic and extrinsic LNG portfolio value including the value of each flex component
- Analyse LNG structures and contracts individually or as part of a wider portfolio
- Capture trades, strips, forwards, futures and options including price, location, volume and UQT/DQT flex
- Perform scenario analysis to assess how price shocks or changes in a deal or portfolio may affect value
- Capture pricing and material flexibilities in deal valuation including: indexation and S-curves; volume flex; destination flexibility; cancellation/extension options; and FOB vs DES
- Report risk metrics including VaR, EaR, or PaR
- Calculate sensitivity to changes in price and volatility with Greeks such as Delta and Gamma
- Calculate distributions and risk-reward profiles
- Understand upside and downside risk and the effect of hedging/risk mitigation strategies
- Integrate with existing business intelligence systems like Power BI and Tableau with custom reporting, data exports and API connectivity
Extend your LNG insights
Integrate output data from your Lacima Analytics solution with the business intelligence tool of your choice to create powerful, interactive and personalised dashboards, tailored to your specific analytics needs. Combine them with your existing dashboards for a holistic, consolidated business intelligence platform.
Watch and learn how to uncover value and risk drivers in LNG deals and portfolios.
Or, interact with the LNG dashboards pictured in the video yourself here.
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