In Milan at Gastech 2025, Crystol Energy played a central role in shaping the global energy conversation. Our CEO, Dr Carole Nakhle, moderated four high-impact sessions on some of the industry’s most pressing challenges, from delivering resilient LNG infrastructure and diversifying the energy mix to progressing industrial decarbonisation and advancing methane abatement. Across each panel, the message was clear: the future of energy will depend on adaptability, collaboration, and commercially grounded solutions.
Session Lineup
Session 1: Mapping and Delivering the Natural Gas and LNG Infrastructure Required to Meet Demand Growth Scenarios
This session examined how LNG infrastructure is no longer just about capacity but about adaptability, resilience and strategy. Key themes included:
- Building flexible, future-proof systems amid shifting demand and regulatory pressures
- Positioning infrastructure as both a strategic asset and a geopolitical instrument
- Unlocking investment and policy frameworks to support the next generation of projects
Speakers: Brian Essner (Chevron), Thomas Hardy (USTDA), Carsten Poppinga (Uniper), Carlos de la Vega (Sempra Infrastructure), Tiffany Pitts (Baker Hughes), Bhupesh Thakkar (Bechtel)
Session 2: Diversifying the Energy Mix with the Adoption of LNG and Natural Gas to Support a Low Carbon Energy Future
This panel addressed the role of natural gas and LNG in supporting a low-carbon future. The discussion focused on whether gas is still a bridge fuel or increasingly part of the destination. Themes included:
- Balancing power grids as renewables scale up
- Enabling industrial growth, particularly across Asia
- Safeguarding energy security while supporting decarbonisation
- The importance of technology, collaboration and policy in keeping LNG relevant
Speakers: Andrew Barry (ExxonMobil), Khalayakorn Suzuki (EGAT), Jane Liao (CPC Taiwan), Cristian Signoretto (Eni/Eurogas)
Session 3: Progressing Industrial Decarbonisation Through Workable Cross-Sector Partnership Models
This session focused on the hard-to-abate sectors such as shipping, aviation, steel and petrochemicals, which together account for nearly 20 percent of global CO₂ emissions. Panelists agreed that:
Technology alone cannot deliver net zero, cross-sector partnerships are essential
New business models must balance risk and reward
Long-term policy and investment signals are needed to drive scale
Leadership must be both bold and pragmatic
Speakers: Dr. Torsten Katz (BASF), Siddarth Malik (Green Investors), Maurits van Tol (Johnson Matthey), Carlo Luzzatto (RINA), Elena Scaltritti (Topsoe)
Session 4: Advancing Progress on Methane Abatement Through Strategic Cooperation and the Mobilisation of Finance and Technologies
The final panel highlighted methane’s outsized impact as a potent greenhouse gas. While technology, know-how and the economic case for action already exist, scaling up remains a challenge. Discussion points included:
Improving transparency and reliability in emissions tracking
Unlocking finance, particularly in emerging markets
Building cross-sector trust to accelerate solutions
Deploying technology where it matters most along the value chain
Speakers: Zubin Bamji (World Bank), William Jordan (EQT), Leye Falade (Brunei LNG), Dr. Philip Mshelbila (NLNG)
Conluding Remarks
Beyond the sessions, Gastech 2025 provided a platform for meaningful conversations and reconnections. From formal debates to informal exchanges at the speakers’ reception, the event underscored the value of dialogue and collaboration across the energy sector.
Crystol Energy’s active participation at Gastech 2025 reinforced its role as a thought leader in the global energy debate. By convening diverse voices on critical issues such as LNG infrastructure, energy diversification, industrial decarbonisation and methane abatement, the company demonstrated its commitment to advancing solutions that are practical, innovative and commercially grounded.
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