“From supply & demand to planning a 50-year asset in a world that changes every second.”
Why this matters now
The LNG and gas market is being shaped by volatility, supply disruption, price uncertainty, changing demand patterns, financing shifts and growing pressure to build resilience.
Wood Mackenzie’s wider conference takeaways highlighted several major market themes, including elevated near-term LNG price risk, medium-term LNG demand growth, supply diversification, affordability pressures, China’s changing role as a market balancer, evolving finance models and increased trading complexity.
For energy companies, these are not just market observations.
They are planning challenges.
Every shift in price, demand, production, regulation, financing or supply availability can affect revenue, cash flow, capital allocation and long-term investment decisions.
That means planning can no longer be slow, manual or disconnected.
It needs to become dynamic, scenario-led and connected across the business.
What the fireside chat covered
- Why long-term asset planning is becoming harder
- How energy companies can plan assets that may last decades
- Why spreadsheet-heavy planning processes are becoming difficult to scale
- How driver-based planning links operational assumptions to financial outcomes
- Why scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis are now essential
- How connected planning improves decision-making
- How Oracle EPM supports enterprise-wide planning
- How GK EPM helps organisations design and implement tailored planning models
- How AI is moving from forecasting into variance explanation and decision support
Disconnected planning
Spreadsheet-heavy processes reduce forecasting confidence and slow down decision-making
Market volatility
Rapid changes across energy markets require more agile scenario modelling capabilities
Complex reporting
Multi-entity finance operations create reporting inefficiencies and limited visibility
Access the resources
You can access the following post-event resources:
Full fireside chat recording
Watch the full GK EPM and Oracle discussion from Wood Mackenzie’s Gas & LNG Conference.
Event infographic
View a visual summary of the key themes from the session, including volatility, scenario planning, connected planning and AI-supported decision-making.
Full event breakdown
Receive a wider breakdown of the Wood Mackenzie Gas & LNG Conference themes, including LNG market volatility, supply diversification, affordability, finance, trading and the implications for planning.
Why GK EPM
Connected finance transformation with Oracle EPM
GK EPM helps organisations modernise planning, forecasting and financial reporting through senior-led Oracle EPM delivery
Our directors come from industry finance roles. We’ve lived planning cycles, reporting deadlines and system inefficiencies ourselfves
Clients work directly with senior professionals
A system is only succesful if teams use it. We focus on embedding EPM into daily finance processes
Speak with the GK EPM team
Want to understand how your current planning process would perform in a volatile market?
Book a short planning maturity review with GK EPM to discuss:
- Where spreadsheet-heavy planning may be slowing decision-making
- How quickly your team can update scenarios
- Whether your operational and financial plans are properly connected
- How Oracle EPM could support long-range asset planning
- Where AI and automation could improve speed, insight and confidence
