# Algeria’s LNG Supply Disruptions Add to Global Market Tightness - Bloomberg

> Algeria's Arzew port, home to the country's massive LNG complex, has been at a standstill for about 10 days due to bad weather, according to a person with direct knowledge. Algeria had already been struggling with separate export issues since late summer.

- Date: 2020-12-11 · published 2020-12-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Algeria · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49818-algeria-s-lng-supply-disruptions-add-to-global-market-tightness-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Lost Algerian LNG cargoes tighten global gas supply and support spot prices, which raises energy and nitrogen fertilizer input costs for feed producers.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2020-10-20 | [JKM hits one-year high on LNG supply disruptions, winter buying](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7682-jkm-hits-one-year-high-on-lng-supply-disruptions-winter-buying.md) | +21.5% | +4.8% |
| NATGAS | 2021-02-17 | [Record U.S. winter storm deeply impacts global LNG markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48839-record-u-s-winter-storm-deeply-impacts-global-lng-markets.md) | -51.1% | -57.5% |
| NATGAS | 2022-11-15 | [Europe Natural Gas Prices Jump as Major US LNG Plant Set to Stay Offline - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38856-europe-natural-gas-prices-jump-as-major-us-lng-plant-set-to-stay-offline.md) | +6.8% | +16.1% |
| NATGAS | 2018-01-16 | [Production outages tighten Asian gas market \| LNG Industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67164-production-outages-tighten-asian-gas-market-lng-industry.md) | -11.9% | -28.5% |
| NATGAS | 2017-12-12 | [After Europe's Gas Market Disasters, LNG May Come to the Rescue \| Rigzone](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67648-after-europe-s-gas-market-disasters-lng-may-come-to-the-rescue-rigzone.md) | -3.2% | +7.5% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-11/algeria-s-lng-supply-disruptions-add-to-global-market-tightness

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