# JKM Front-Runner in Asian LNG Benchmark Race

> Platts' Japan Korea Marker (JKM) is emerging as the front-runner among competing Asian LNG price benchmarks. Most Asian LNG contracts are still priced off oil, so JKM must overcome perceived weaknesses in price discovery to challenge oil-linked pricing.

- Date: 2019-04-26 · published 2019-04-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Asia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59785-jkm-front-runner-in-asian-lng-benchmark-race
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

A credible spot gas benchmark in Asia would make LNG pricing more transparent and tied to the gas market rather than oil. That could change how energy costs for Asian importers are set, with little immediate effect on feed commodities.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: neutral

## Sources

- energyintel.com: https://www.energyintel.com/0000017b-a7d7-de4c-a17b-e7d7a0f30000

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