# What the Rally in Gas Prices Tells us about Gas Markets and Energy Security

> 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.

- Date: 2021-01-14 · published 2021-01-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Asia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49334-what-the-rally-in-gas-prices-tells-us-about-gas-markets-and-energy-security
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Expensive natural gas raises energy and fertilizer production costs, and could encourage fuel switching in power generation, which affects feed-relevant energy costs.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2021-09-23 | [Inside Clean Energy: Natural Gas Prices Are Rising. Here’s Why That Helps the Cleanest (and Dirtiest) Electricity Sources - Inside Climate News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7930-inside-clean-energy-natural-gas-prices-are-rising-here-s-why-that-helps-the.md) | +15.2% | +3.2% |
| NATGAS | 2022-05-27 | [High gas prices, energy security fears impede decarbonisation push \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41572-high-gas-prices-energy-security-fears-impede-decarbonisation-push-reuters.md) | -6.8% | -30.5% |
| NATGAS | 2021-09-24 | [Worldwide energy shortage shows up in surging coal, gas and oil prices: Kemp](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7927-worldwide-energy-shortage-shows-up-in-surging-coal-gas-and-oil-prices-kemp.md) | +15.4% | +1.4% |
| NATGAS | 2021-09-30 | [Why are gas prices on the rise and what does this mean for Singapore? - CNA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45222-why-are-gas-prices-on-the-rise-and-what-does-this-mean-for-singapore-cna.md) | +4.2% | +8.1% |
| NATGAS | 2021-06-25 | [Natural gas prices rally as global shortages abound](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46762-natural-gas-prices-rally-as-global-shortages-abound.md) | +10.5% | +21.6% |

## Sources

- csis.org: https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-rally-gas-prices-tells-us-about-gas-markets-and-energy-security

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