Profound changes are sweeping through the LNG industry that are going to affect the shipping providers as the sector continues to grow and evolve.

More than 400 delegates gathered in Lisbon for CWC’s annual World LNG Summit heard speaker after speaker detail the new models emerging for buyers and sellers.

With world LNG production set to reach 400 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) by 2020, the sellers’ talk was of creating growth in demand.