# Why gas can emerge from negative pricing and the Covid-19 crisis as the major future hydrocarbon | The National

> Robin Mills writes in The National that gas demand may recover faster than oil after the crisis, and that gas went negative in Texas in January. He notes that the 2019 LNG supply surge was a record and that a further wave of projects reached final investment.

- Date: 2020-04-28 · published 2020-04-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53830-why-gas-can-emerge-from-negative-pricing-and-the-covid-19-crisis-as-the-major
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

A large LNG supply pipeline set against a possible demand recovery suggests gas prices may stay weak for longer, with limited upside.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2024-04-26 | [Equinor Expects Asia, LNG Competition to Drive European Natural Gas Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30924-equinor-expects-asia-lng-competition-to-drive-european-natural-gas-prices.md) | +18.9% | +71.3% |
| NATGAS | 2024-09-20 | [What’s next for the global gas and LNG market?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28495-what-s-next-for-the-global-gas-and-lng-market.md) | +13.9% | -1.1% |
| NATGAS | 2020-05-15 | [When Natural Gas Prices Converge](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53322-when-natural-gas-prices-converge.md) | +5.5% | +3.7% |
| NATGAS | 2020-11-10 | [Why have U.S. natural gas prices INCREASED post-COVID?!? – Baker Institute Blog](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50348-why-have-u-s-natural-gas-prices-increased-post-covid-baker-institute-blog.md) | -3.1% | -13.2% |
| NATGAS | 2021-03-05 | [LNG, seasonality, and natural gas price volatility - Enkon Energy Advisors](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48290-lng-seasonality-and-natural-gas-price-volatility-enkon-energy-advisors.md) | -3.0% | -6.8% |

## Sources

- thenationalnews.com: https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/comment/why-gas-can-emerge-from-negative-pricing-and-the-covid-19-crisis-as-the-major-future-hydrocarbon-1.1011043

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