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Vivek Dhar

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209 total appearances

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FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

And same with Malaysia.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

And so these are the risks that you run if you look at direct supply chains.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

But what ends up happening in this market is that it's just going to be a bidding war.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

Who's going to get the cargoes?

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

Because everyone is going to compete for them because we're seeing 10% less to the market every single day.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

And what typically happens in that reallocation is advanced economies tend to get what they need.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

There is some demand destruction and some thrifting, but overall, the volumes should generally be there.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

But the countries that really suffer are more your developing countries.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

And here, developing Asia is particularly at risk.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

So here we're talking Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, these are the countries that are most at risk because they just don't have the capacity to pay like the advanced economies in Asia.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

It's that and coal as well.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

So it's actually our fossil fuels that are giving us some leverage as we try and make sure that we have our entire energy mix to kind of get through this crisis.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

So look, this is a very difficult one to answer because every time you think there's hope, things turn the other way.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

But the way we're thinking about this is that the longer this goes on, the higher prices need to go to force these emerging economies to basically be at a point where they can't afford these fuel cargoes.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

And the prices we put at those levels, we think that's the risk where prices can head.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

And for Brent, we're talking $120 to $150 a barrel.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

And for LNG or Asian LNG spot prices, we're talking $25 to $40 per MNBTU.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

So those are the demand destruction points that we think the market has to head to because there's no way you can plug this hole.

FEAR & GREED | Business News
Q+A: Why gas and coal are our trump cards in an energy crisis

And there are going to be people who can't pay for this.