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Asian LNG prices have broken every record amid cold weather and supply bottlenecks including limited production, shipping, Panama Canal passage and storage. The author argues the crisis will prompt investment in supply, reassessment of spot-market reliance, and regulatory scrutiny.
The piece also questions the existence of a truly global gas market.
Expensive natural gas raises energy and fertilizer production costs, and could encourage fuel switching in power generation, which affects feed-relevant energy costs.
csis.orgNikos TsafosJan 14, 2021After 155 past bullish macro events, Natural Gas moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -4.0% to +7.1%), and +2.0% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
