Vortexa Ltd.’s Felix Booth, head of liquefied natural gas (LNG), doesn’t expect the global market to loosen anytime soon as supplies remain scarce and demand rebounds from lows of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Based in Singapore, Booth recently joined energy analytics firm Vortexa, which is aiming to cast a wider net in the evolving LNG business.

NGI: Given the relative weakness of the LNG market in recent years, have you been at all surprised at how quickly the market has tightened in 2021?

Booth: After over a year of lockdowns, border closures, working from home and all the other unexpected consequences of living through a global pandemic, my threshold for being surprised has been somewhat reset. So, it’s fair to say I had an open mind for the 2021 market. That said, from...