# Natural Gas Forward Market Volatility Ramps Up as Delta Slashes LNG Demand

> Winter natural gas forward prices rose about 10 cents on average for November through March during Oct. 1-7, driven by forecasts of tighter supply and demand. Hurricane Delta moved into the Gulf of Mexico, prompting Cameron LNG to shut operations, after LNG demand had begun recovering.

- Date: 2020-10-09 · published 2020-10-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50808-natural-gas-forward-market-volatility-ramps-up-as-delta-slashes-lng-demand
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

A hurricane-driven LNG outage removes export demand and tightens the winter outlook for U.S. gas. Higher gas prices raise nitrogen fertilizer and energy costs for grain and feed producers.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2024-11-12 | [Natural Gas Prices Soar as Hurricane Disruptions and Rising LNG Demand Shake Markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7030-natural-gas-prices-soar-as-hurricane-disruptions-and-rising-lng-demand-shake.md) | +32.3% | +61.1% |
| NATGAS | 2025-12-05 | [Surging Heating Demand Makes up for Lagging Natural Gas Power Burns in November](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21696-surging-heating-demand-makes-up-for-lagging-natural-gas-power-burns-in-november.md) | -13.8% | -36.7% |
| NATGAS | 2022-02-03 | [U.S. Natural Gas Volatility Hits 26-Year High as Wells Freeze Up - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8459-u-s-natural-gas-volatility-hits-26-year-high-as-wells-freeze-up-bloomberg.md) | -33.0% | -23.0% |
| NATGAS | 2019-03-05 | [Midwest polar vortex fuels natural gas demand record and near-record for electricity - EUCI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7999-midwest-polar-vortex-fuels-natural-gas-demand-record-and-near-record-for.md) | -19.2% | -22.0% |
| NATGAS | 2018-01-03 | [U.S. gas market faces long-awaited test as cold spurs demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4671-u-s-gas-market-faces-long-awaited-test-as-cold-spurs-demand.md) | -33.0% | -27.6% |

## Sources

- naturalgasintel.com: https://naturalgasintel.com/news/natural-gas-forward-market-volatility-ramps-up-as-delta-slashes-lng-demand/

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