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Energy Sector
Global LNG demand is rising — but the competitive window for North American producers is narrowing. Qatar, Australia, and new African producers are accelerating capacity. Asia is negotiating long-term contracts aggressively. Europe is diversifying supply. And new liquefaction technologies are emerging.
North America still has significant advantages: feedstock abundance, stable regulation, and proximity to key markets. But multi-year permitting delays, pipeline bottlenecks, and social-license challenges threaten competitiveness.
The risk is that LNG projects begun too late will enter a mature market with lower margins and fewer long-term buyers. Without accelerated project timelines and coordinated policy support, the US and Canada risk losing their strategic foothold.
To compete, companies must:
• Secure long-term off-take agreements early
• Build Indigenous and community partnerships
• Solve pipeline constraints
• Use floating liquefaction (FLNG) strategically
• Invest in low-carbon LNG to differentiate globally
Time is the critical variable. Those who move decisively will secure long-term competitiveness.
How Arcus Can Help
Arcus develops LNG investment strategies, evaluates global demand scenarios, and designs stakeholder and regulatory strategies to accelerate project execution.
Next step: Request an Arcus LNG Competitiveness Brief tailored to your project or portfolio.
Arcus offers clients a unique combination of fact-based industry knowledge and superior functional expertise. Our consultants have an average of over 22 years experience, twice the industry average. Find out more about our growth, change management and operations services.
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Service coverage
The variety, breadth, and depth of the projects where Arcus can be a resource are made unique by each client’s specific needs. By providing a very small sample of projects we’ve completed, we can help you understand how and when to use our services. Visit the links below to find out more about a specific problem or opportunity you would like to address.
Below is a sample of the range of services that Arcus has provided to clients.
- A survey of 2,350 consumers and 1,320 business leaders for feedback on sustainability trends
- Architecting a multi-year change strategy for a Fortune 500 company
- Mentoring a CEO on organizational change
- Excellence transformation of a leading B2B services company
- Creating a new sales deployment model for a healthcare company
- Developing a position evaluation and compensation model for a professional medical association
- Improving services to customer segments by deepening their understanding of customer attitudes
“Arcus manages to consistently deliver tangible results on market research and strategy projects. They combine deep business expertise, powerful research capabilities, and innovative thinking to deliver substantial value.”
– Vice President, Nikon
Data Dashboards
- Empower your decision-making with comprehensive, trusted data.
- Gain actionable insights with access to real-time Canadian consumer, business and sector spending and location data.
- Inform economic policy, investments, sales deployment and strategic plans by looking at trends across different industries and regions in Canada.
- Influence your businesses’ future growth plans by understanding consumer behaviour
Media Coverage
Arcus has been quoted extensively in media on a range of topics and can offer research studies, insights and ideas. Here are some examples from the Globe and Mail, BNN, CTV, Global TV and others.
- Federal budget – Canada’s GDP and Canadian businesses – BNN
- Economies are on different tracks: USMCA renegotiations – BNN
- Klarna on the evolution of digital payment tech – BNN
- Canada’s retail sector round up – BNN
- Buy now, pay later will become a $950M industry in Canada – BNN
- Nordstrom countdown to opening begins – Toronto Star
- No lineups outside stores in five years – BNN
- Black Friday retail, marketing, and cross-border shopping trends – BNN
- Does global expansion need a local flavour? – Globe and Mail
- Art of the Pitch – Protect company’s interests when approaching giants – Globe and Mail
- Off-the-shelf technology or a custom design? – Globe and Mail