Platts Benchmark Briefing (PBB) at APPEC 2025

10:35 am Registration + Networking Coffee

11:10 am Welcome

Pulkit Agarwal, Head Of India Content, Platts

11:15 am Presentation 1: Fuel Oil — A Constant in an Uncertain Macroeconomic Landscape

Nicholson Lim, Senior Price Reporter, Residual Fuels

11:35 am Presentation 2: Bio-Bunkers: Paving the Transition for B30 — Is Asia Ready?

Iris Leung, Associate Price Reporter, Biofuels And Feedstocks

11:55 am Presentation 3: Will 2026 Be a Breakout Year for Low-Carbon Methanol?

Esther Ng, Global Lead Specialist, Price Reporting, Chemicals

12:15 pm Panel and Q&A - Charting a Greener Course: Alternative Fuels for Tomorrow’s Shipping

Moderator: Pradeep Rajan, Associate Director, Price Reporting - Shipping and Freight
Iris Leung, Associate Price Reporter, Biofuels And Feedstocks
Esther Ng, Global Lead Specialist, Price Reporting, Chemicals
Atsuko Kawasaki, Specialist, Price Reporting, LNG
Hui Min Lee, Manager, Price Reporting, Minerals & Fertilizer

8:30 am Registration + Networking Coffee

9:00 am Welcome

Kenneth Foo, Global Director, Price Reporting - LNG

9:05 am Presentation 1 - LNG Markets: Benchmarks, Trading & Pricing Trends and Strategies in 2025

Shermaine Ang, Senior Manager, Price Reporting, APAC LNG

9:25 am Presentation 2 – LNG Freight: Ship Supply Deluge Impacting Gas Freight Market

Vickey Du, Senior Price Reporter, Shipping And Freight

9:45 am Presentation 3 – Bio-LNG and LNG Bunkering: Nascent Markets Turning Global

Atsuko Kawasaki, Specialist, Price Reporting, LNG

10:05 am Panel and Q&A - LNG Market Uncertainties and Opportunities: Navigating Tariffs and the Upcoming Supply Wave

Moderator Kenneth Foo, Global Director, Price Reporting - LNG
Shermaine Ang, Senior Manager, Price Reporting, APAC LNG
Atsuko Kawasaki, Specialist, Price Reporting, LNG
Vickey Du, Senior Price Reporter, Shipping And Freight

10:35 am Registration + Networking Coffee

11:10 am Welcome

Shelley Kerr, Head of Emerging Benchmarks

11:15 am Presentation 1: Evolving Dynamics and Preferences in Asia’s Petrochemical Feedstocks Naphtha and LPG

Regina Sher, Manager, Price Reporting, Asia Oil Products

11:35 am Presentation 2: Asian Aromatics: Navigating PX and Benzene Market Volatility Amid Tariffs and Geopolitical Tension

Sophia Yao, Manager, Price Reporting, Asia Petrochemicals

11:55 am Presentation 3 -  Asian Olefins Benchmarks Ethylene, Propylene, and the Shift in Downstream Derivatives – Winners and Losers Post-Tariff Implementation

Fumiko Dobashi, Manager, Price Reporting, APAC Chemicals

12:15 pm Panel and Q&A - Adapting to Disruptions in Asian Chemical and Feedstock Markets as Geopolitical Uncertainty Reshapes Trade Flows

Moderator:Shelley Kerr, Head Of Emerging Benchmarks
Regina Sher, Manager, Price Reporting, Asia Oil Products
Sophia Yao, Manager, Price Reporting, Asia Petrochemicals
Fumiko Dobashi, Manager, Price Reporting, APAC Chemicals