Spot sale of uncommitted LNG from Middle East: Japan or the UK?

Energy Policy

Volumn 96, Issue , 2016, Pages 717-725

  Nikhalat Jahromi, Hamed ^a,b   Bell, Michael G H ^c   Fontes, Dalila B M M ^b,d,e   Cochrane, Robert A ^f   Angeloudis, Panagiotis ^f  

^a Linscan Oil and Gas Services   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e Texas AandM University   (United States)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EBITDA; Inventory routing problem; LNG; Operational planning; Spot sale

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EBITDA; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY ROUTING PROBLEMS; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG); LOW CARBON ECONOMY; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING MODEL; OPERATIONAL PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION MODELING;

LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS;

INVENTORY; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; TRADE POLICY;

JAPAN; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84978249290     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.06.027     Document Type: Article

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