# More Volatility Expected in U.S. Natural Gas Market as LNG Exports Grow

> Analysts from RBN and others expect US natural gas prices to become more volatile as LNG exports and power-sector demand grow. The EIA forecasts US LNG exports averaging 4.7 Bcf/d in 2019 and 6.4 Bcf/d in 2020. Feedgas volumes have peaked above 7 Bcf/d.

- Date: 2019-12-03 · published 2019-12-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55769-more-volatility-expected-in-u-s-natural-gas-market-as-lng-exports-grow
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Rising baseload demand from LNG exports could produce sharper Henry Hub price spikes, raising energy-cost uncertainty for US feed and ethanol operations. The effect on feed commodity prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2025-10-27 | [Rising U.S. Exports Keeping a Lid on Global Natural Gas Prices — LNG Recap](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22582-rising-u-s-exports-keeping-a-lid-on-global-natural-gas-prices-lng-recap.md) | +17.8% | +33.5% |
| NATGAS | 2017-05-12 | [Trapped Canadian natural gas producers find a way to reach LNG markets – via the U.S. - Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71207-trapped-canadian-natural-gas-producers-find-a-way-to-reach-lng-markets-via-the.md) | -4.4% | -9.0% |
| NATGAS | 2020-02-03 | [Weak market fundamentals overseas not curbing US LNG export enthusiasm \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54769-weak-market-fundamentals-overseas-not-curbing-us-lng-export-enthusiasm-s-and-p.md) | +1.0% | -6.5% |
| NATGAS | 2024-12-02 | [US LNG exports to Europe surge in November on higher prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27146-us-lng-exports-to-europe-surge-in-november-on-higher-prices.md) | -12.6% | +8.2% |
| NATGAS | 2022-10-03 | [More U.S. LNG heads to Europe despite output constraints \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39305-more-u-s-lng-heads-to-europe-despite-output-constraints-reuters.md) | -1.3% | -18.8% |

## Sources

- naturalgasintel.com: https://naturalgasintel.com/news/more-volatility-expected-in-us-natural-gas-market-as-lng-exports-grow/

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