# U.S. LNG Pause Could Help Balance Future Global Natural Gas Prices, Equinor Says

> Equinor expects the US pause on new LNG export permits to delay some planned US capacity expected around 2026 to 2028. NGI estimates at least seven projects totaling 9.3 Bcf/d of export capacity could be affected.

- Date: 2024-02-13 · published 2024-02-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/31847-u-s-lng-pause-could-help-balance-future-global-natural-gas-prices-equinor-says
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Delayed US export capacity would ease the late-decade LNG oversupply concern and could support gas prices relative to earlier expectations.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2017-12-05 | [China moves to control natural gas prices amid shortages – China Economic Review](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67653-china-moves-to-control-natural-gas-prices-amid-shortages-china-economic-review.md) | -4.4% | +47.0% |
| NATGAS | 2022-10-01 | [EU wants new transaction based LNG benchmark in bid to calm prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39762-eu-wants-new-transaction-based-lng-benchmark-in-bid-to-calm-prices.md) | -1.3% | -18.8% |
| NATGAS | 2025-01-22 | [Boosting gas output while keeping prices low a tough task for Trump](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26695-boosting-gas-output-while-keeping-prices-low-a-tough-task-for-trump.md) | -15.5% | +36.1% |
| NATGAS | 2017-05-01 | [Trump Administration’s Push for Gas Exports Faces Market Glut](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71205-trump-administration-s-push-for-gas-exports-faces-market-glut.md) | -1.7% | -2.2% |
| NATGAS | 2024-02-28 | [Assessing the Domestic Energy Price Impact of LNG Exports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31846-assessing-the-domestic-energy-price-impact-of-lng-exports.md) | +9.7% | -2.6% |

## Sources

- naturalgasintel.com: https://naturalgasintel.com/news/us-lng-pause-could-help-balance-future-global-natural-gas-prices-equinor-says/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.