Course 18 of 20 · LNG Desk Academy

Small-Scale LNG & Bunkering

Stage E, Structuring, resilience and integrated practice. Level 9 of 10.

Small-scale LNG and bunkering as a distinct commercial channel: break bulk, truck loading, ISO containers and marine fuel supply.

120 chapters · 12 modules · every chapter one 8 to 10 minute explainer · builds on: Course 02, Course 04, Course 14

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How a chapter is sized

One chapter is one idea taken to the point of use

Each chapter is a single self-contained explainer of 8 to 10 narrated minutes, covering one idea to the point where you can use it.

Chapters run in order. Each one assumes only what the chapters before it taught, and capability belonging to a later course is named and deferred rather than half-covered.

Curriculum

12 modules · 120 chapters

Open any module for its full chapter list, in teaching order.

M0 A Channel of Its Own Ch 1-10
  1. Why Small-Scale LNG Exists at All
  2. The Buyer Who Cannot Take a Cargo
  3. Parcel Size and the Jump Between Channels
  4. The Chain From Reload to Burner Tip
  5. Small-Scale Is Not Cargo Trading in Miniature
  6. Who Operates in the Channel
  7. The Margin Shape of a Distribution Business
  8. Why the Molecule Costs More the Smaller the Parcel
  9. Permitting Footprint of Small-Scale Supply
  10. What You Already Hold Coming Into This
M1 Break Bulk and the Reload Ch 11-20
  1. Break Bulk as a Commercial Act
  2. Choosing a Break Bulk Hub
  3. The Reload Parcel and How Small It Can Go
  4. Tank Capacity, Heel and the Right to Store
  5. Reload Economics Against Send-Out
  6. Sequencing a Reload Into Terminal Operations
  7. Loss, Flash and Return Gas at the Reload
  8. Contracting for Reload Capability
  9. Break Bulk Without a Terminal
  10. A Reload Priced End to End: Worked
M2 Truck Loading and the Road Channel Ch 21-30
  1. The Loading Bay as a Commercial Asset
  2. What a Road Tanker Actually Carries
  3. Loading Operations and Turnaround Time
  4. Owning, Leasing or Contracting the Fleet
  5. Route Planning and the Delivery Radius
  6. The Customer Station at the Far End
  7. Hold Time, Pressure Build and the Delivery Window
  8. Documentation Travelling With a Road Delivery
  9. Scaling a Road Operation Without Breaking It
  10. Road Distribution Costed Per Tonne Delivered: Worked
M3 ISO Containers and Containerised LNG Ch 31-39
  1. Liquid Moved as Freight Rather Than Cargo
  2. The Tank Container and Its Holding Time
  3. Filling, Sealing and Releasing a Container
  4. Routing a Container Through the Freight System
  5. Acceptance, Stowage and the Liner Operator
  6. Container Fleet Management and Repositioning
  7. Delivering From a Container at the Customer Site
  8. Where Containers Beat a Tanker or a Vessel
  9. A Containerised Delivery Costed: Worked
M4 Small-Scale Vessels and Coastal Distribution Ch 40-49
  1. The Small Carrier and What It Can Reach
  2. Coastal and Island Distribution Networks
  3. Fixing a Small Vessel for a Distribution Run
  4. Multi-Port Itineraries and Part Discharges
  5. Receiving Points With Thin Infrastructure
  6. Weather, Season and Service Reliability
  7. Vessel Vapour Generation on a Short Voyage
  8. Bunkering Vessels and Supply Barges as a Variant
  9. Cooldown, Idle Time and Keeping a Small Vessel Cold
  10. A Coastal Rotation Costed: Worked
M5 The Small-Scale Cost Stack Ch 50-60
  1. A Stack Shaped Differently
  2. The Molecule as a Minor Term
  3. Fixed Charges Per Handling Event
  4. Asset Standing Charges and Utilisation
  5. Counting Every Loss From Reload to Burner
  6. Mass, Energy and the Unit the Customer Pays In
  7. Last-Mile Cost and Why It Refuses to Fall
  8. Allocating Shared Cost Across Several Customers
  9. What One Named Account Costs to Serve
  10. What a Thin Chain Cannot Absorb
  11. The Full Small-Scale Stack Assembled: Worked
M6 Pricing the Captive Customer Ch 61-70
  1. Pricing Where There Is No Rival Supplier
  2. The Displaced Fuel Sets the Ceiling
  3. Indexing a Small-Scale Sale
  4. The Standing Charge and the Unit Charge
  5. Pricing the Customer Station Into the Deal
  6. Term, Price Certainty and What You Can Promise
  7. Minimum Volume and the Cost of Taking Less
  8. Pricing a Conversion That Has Not Happened Yet
  9. When to Decline the Account
  10. A Small-Scale Offer Built and Defended: Worked
M7 LNG as a Marine Fuel Ch 71-81
  1. Why a Ship Burns Gas
  2. Where Gas-Fuelled Demand Actually Sits
  3. Stem Price Against Conventional Marine Fuel
  4. The Supply Chain Behind a Stem
  5. Supply Modes at the Port
  6. Port Readiness and Why Geography Limits the Business
  7. Quoting a Stem
  8. Nominating, Confirming and Holding a Stem
  9. Measured Quantity and the Bunker Delivery Note
  10. The Gas the Ship Already Has
  11. A Bunker Stem Priced End to End: Worked
M8 The Bunker Supply Agreement and Transfer Operations Ch 82-93
  1. How a Bunker Agreement Differs From a Cargo SPA
  2. Framework Terms and the Individual Stem
  3. The Quantity Obligation in a Bunker Contract
  4. Delivery Window, Berth and the Cost of Waiting
  5. Specification and the Consequence of Off-Spec Fuel
  6. Title, Risk and the Manifold Flange
  7. Price Mechanism and Payment in a Bunker Deal
  8. Liability and the Simultaneous Operations Regime
  9. Planning a Ship-to-Ship Transfer
  10. Executing the Transfer and What Slows It Down
  11. The Bunker Vessel as a Commercial Asset
  12. A Bunker Supply Relationship Negotiated: Worked
M9 Quality and Vapour in Small Parcels Ch 94-102
  1. Why Composition Matters More in a Small Parcel
  2. Ageing in Storage and Transit
  3. The Specification the End User Actually Needs
  4. Managing Vapour in a Small Tank
  5. Where the Vapour Goes
  6. Nitrogen, Heel and the Quantity You Can Sell
  7. Quality Evidence Through a Multi-Handling Chain
  8. A Quality Failure Traced to Its Source
  9. Vapour Loss Costed Across the Whole Chain: Worked
M10 The Customer Base and What It Can Commit Ch 103-111
  1. Mapping the Customer Types
  2. Industrial Users Beyond the Pipeline
  3. Mining and Remote Site Operations
  4. Road Fleets and Refuelling Demand
  5. Island and Isolated Power Generation
  6. What Commitment a Small Buyer Can Realistically Give
  7. Security, Prepayment and the Credit Problem Ahead
  8. Aggregating Weak Commitments Into a Viable Book
  9. Keeping a Converted Customer
M11 A Worked Chain, and the Limits Ch 112-120
  1. The Situation: One Reload, Three Customers
  2. Sourcing the Parcel and Timing the Reload
  3. Allocating the Parcel Across Three Channels
  4. Executing the Road and Container Legs
  5. Executing the Marine Fuel Delivery
  6. The Chain's Margin, Line by Line
  7. The Same Chain With One Thing Broken
  8. What This Channel Cannot Do
  9. Carrying This Capability Into the Wider Book

The brochure gives each of these 120 chapters a paragraph on what it covers and what you can do once you have worked through it.

This is course 18 of twenty

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