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Buyers are increasingly signing shorter LNG contracts with smaller volumes, with 30 of 40 deals tracked in 2017 running under five years. Industry participants warn this could leave insufficient long-term backing for new export capacity.
Fewer long-term contracts raise the risk of future supply shortages and price volatility in gas markets. This is a structural trend rather than an immediate price driver.
energypolicy.columbia.eduMar 29, 2018Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
