# Natural gas market: LNG trade disruptions and market rebalancing

> A World Bank blog summarizes its April Commodity Markets Outlook, which reported the natural gas index up 24% in March after the Strait of Hormuz closure and damage to Qatar's LNG infrastructure. Asian and European benchmarks eased in April and held steady in May.

- Date: 2026-06-04 · published 2026-06-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18988-natural-gas-market-lng-trade-disruptions-and-market-rebalancing
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

The analysis confirms that Hormuz disruption drove a lasting LNG price shock, which lifts European and Asian energy and fertilizer costs. It is a background report with no new price driver.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2025-12-09 | [Global gas price paths diverge as LNG reshapes market balances](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21692-global-gas-price-paths-diverge-as-lng-reshapes-market-balances.md) | -21.7% | -34.5% |
| NATGAS | 2022-02-04 | [Daily Natural Gas Market Update 2-4-22](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8461-daily-natural-gas-market-update-2-4-22.md) | -25.2% | -8.7% |
| NATGAS | 2017-07-12 | [IEA sees global gas demand rising to 2022 as US drives market transformation - IEA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70138-iea-sees-global-gas-demand-rising-to-2022-as-us-drives-market-transformation-iea.md) | +2.8% | -6.5% |
| NATGAS | 2023-06-01 | [EIA explores effects of liquefied natural gas exports on the U.S. natural gas market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36121-eia-explores-effects-of-liquefied-natural-gas-exports-on-the-u-s-natural-gas.md) | +2.1% | +16.7% |
| NATGAS | 2019-01-07 | [Natural gas prices, production, consumption, and exports increased in 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61278-natural-gas-prices-production-consumption-and-exports-increased-in-2018.md) | +3.6% | -10.4% |

## Sources

- blogs.worldbank.org: https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/strait-of-hormuz-disruption-sends-natural-gas-prices-surging

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