Trafigura presents standard master sales and purchase agreement (MSPA) for the LNG industry during Gastech
Singapore, 4th April 2017 – Trafigura Group Pte Ltd (“Trafigura”), one of the world’s leading independent commodity trading companies, has today launched an initiative aimed at encouraging the adoption of a standard Master Sales and Purchase Agreement (MSPA) for the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry. This step coincides with Gastech, the largest global gas and LNG event of the year taking place in Japan this week.
“LNG, unlike other commodities, currently lacks standard terms and conditions which has created inefficiencies, a lack of transparency and barriers to new entrants that would help increase liquidity in the industry,” said Hadi Hallouche, Head of LNG for Trafigura. “So we’ve proposed what we hope will be viewed as a strong starting point and very much welcome suggestions for how it can be further improved. I’m confident that we can move towards creating an industry standard MSPA over time.”
“Singapore-based Trafigura is a key LNG player and this initiative is a step towards the creation of a standard MSPA for the industry. This is important to enhance transparency in the sector as we are increasingly moving towards commoditisation of LNG,” said Mr Satvinder Singh, Assistant CEO for IE Singapore. “The reference to Singapore International Arbitration in the MSPA is yet another testament to Singapore as a neutral and trusted trading hub.”
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