In this episode of the Al-Attiyah Foundation Podcast, we are joined by Patricia Roberts, an independent LNG consultant who advises clients on large-scale LNG infrastructure projects.

A former manager at Shell, Ms. Roberts brings extensive expertise in strategic business planning, commercial strategy, contract negotiation, economic and market analysis, regulatory assessments, and project development. She has also served as an expert witness in international energy litigation and arbitration matters.

In this podcast, the following questions are explored:

How quickly can disrupted LNG supply—such as from Qatar or the UAE—be restored following an outage?
How have evolving security risks affected LNG shipping availability and routing?
With European gas storage levels currently low, how can restocking be achieved ahead of the winter of 2026/27?

In this episode of the Al-Attiyah Foundation Podcast, we are joined by Aldo Flores-Quiroga, a senior expert in energy policy, foreign affairs, and strategic consulting with over 25 years of experience. He has led major transformation initiatives in Mexico’s energy sector and in international energy dialogue, and has played a key role in high-level global negotiations.

In this podcast, the following questions are explored:
• During Mexico’s 2013–2014 energy reforms, which aspects were most widely misunderstood by the international community?
• Is there an inherent trade-off between energy sovereignty and openness to foreign investment?
• Which risks pose the greatest concern for the energy industry today: supply security, price volatility, or underinvestment in hydrocarbons?

In this episode of the Al-Attiyah Foundation Podcast, we are joined by Xi Nan, Partner at Rystad Energy. Rystad Energy is an independent research and intelligence company that equips clients with data, insights, and analysis to support better decision-making across global energy markets. Xi Nan’s work spans commodity trading, LNG market entry strategies, and the economics of LNG supply, with a particular focus on global gas supply and demand, trade flows, storage dynamics, hub pricing, and the tracking of LNG trades and prices worldwide.

In this podcast, the following questions are explored:
• How confident are you in the outlook for global LNG supply growth over the next three to five years, given current cost, regulatory, and execution risks?
• To what extent are upstream gas availability, shipping constraints, and liquefaction outages constraining effective LNG supply, as opposed to headline nameplate capacity?
• How do improvements in gas storage, renewable energy deployment, and pipeline diversification shape Europe’s medium-term outlook for LNG demand?