• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Laurent Vivier

TotalEnergies

Senior Vice President Middle East

Laurent Vivier started his career within Total in 1996. He held successive positions in the Group's trading offices in Paris, Geneva, London and Houston. He was responsible for the trading activities in LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) and then in natural gas for the European Continent and North America. He moved back to Paris in 2011 where he held various positions as head of strategy for gas, power and renewable energies. In 2014 he was appointed Vice President Strategy and Market Analysis for the Gas & Power division of Total. Today he is Senior Vice President, Gas, for Total’s Gas Renewables & Power division. Born in 1970, Laurent Vivier graduated in France at the EDHEC School of Business, and then obtained an MSc at the London School of Economics & Political Science.

Sessions With Laurent Vivier

Wednesday, 13 March

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm (CST) / -

    Changing World of LNG Trading and Marketing
    Panel Gas Finance/Trading/Risk Management

    The LNG industry has gone through a number of significant changes in its relatively short history. While demand has more than tripled in the last 20 years, more subtle structural changes have facilitated market developments that were hitherto unforeseen. Changes in approach to marketing, project structuring, and financing with an ever-growing spot and financial market, has meant new players often no longer fall into the simple descriptor of buyer or seller, but are referred to as aggregators, traders, or portfolio players. Spot liquidity is increasing and plans are afoot to launch market hubs. These market evolutions, new business models, and associated activities are the targets for discussion in this exciting Strategic Dialogue session.