# World natural gas prices projected to rise 3 percent in 2018: World Bank | Emirates News Agency

> The World Bank's October Commodity Markets Outlook projects world natural gas prices to rise 3 percent in 2018, with US prices expected to increase 4 percent to $3.1/mmBtu. The report notes European spot prices rose to $7.0/mmBtu in October on winter stocking demand.

- Date: 2017-10-29 · published 2017-10-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68635-world-natural-gas-prices-projected-to-rise-3-percent-in-2018-world-bank
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Energy-wide gas price moves feed into nitrogen fertilizer costs and energy-linked feed costs, though the direct effect on feed grain prices is modest.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2017-02-01 | [Natural gas prices in 2017 and 2018 are expected to be higher than last year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73135-natural-gas-prices-in-2017-and-2018-are-expected-to-be-higher-than-last-year.md) | +0.7% | -13.2% |
| NATGAS | 2021-04-18 | [Natural Gas Prices, Demand Likely to Stay Resilient in Low-Carbon World, Analysts Find](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47785-natural-gas-prices-demand-likely-to-stay-resilient-in-low-carbon-world-analysts.md) | +4.0% | +11.3% |
| NATGAS | 2025-07-25 | [US natural Gas prices rebound on storage surprise – ING](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23962-us-natural-gas-prices-rebound-on-storage-surprise-ing.md) | -2.1% | -8.3% |
| NATGAS | 2021-02-01 | [EIA expects higher wholesale U.S. natural gas prices in 2021 and 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49337-eia-expects-higher-wholesale-u-s-natural-gas-prices-in-2021-and-2022.md) | +20.6% | +4.5% |
| NATGAS | 2017-11-02 | [Natural gas futures add one percent](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10190-natural-gas-futures-add-one-percent.md) | +13.8% | +12.0% |

## Sources

- wam.ae: https://www.wam.ae/en/article/hszr619v-world-natural-gas-prices-projected-rise-percent

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