Editor’s Note: The following segment is one in a series by NGI’s LNG Insight focused on exploring how the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market works. The conversations in this series will also analyze news and the issues that matter most to the industry in North America and beyond.

Melissa Lindsay is the founder of UK-based Emstream, an LNG brokerage, and Emsurge, an online platform that launched last year to help facilitate the buying and selling of LNG and better connect the global marketplace. She is the former global head of LNG at Tullett Prebon. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and international development from the University of Bath. 

NGI: Can you explain how Emsurge works? Does it essentially connect buyers and sellers of LNG?

Lindsay: Yes. We...