# Market flexibility is improving thanks to LNG and markets currently well supplied but gas security remains a concern - IEA

> The IEA's second Global Gas Security Review finds gas markets are currently well supplied but that globalization is creating new security challenges. It cites southern Europe's winter stresses, Gulf tensions and hurricane risks to US energy infrastructure.

- Date: 2017-10-17 · published 2017-10-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68636-market-flexibility-is-improving-thanks-to-lng-and-markets-currently-well
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Supply security concerns can cause short-term gas price spikes, but the report's emphasis on well-supplied markets points to limited upward pressure on energy input costs for feed producers.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2017-10-23 | [Global LNG markets to remain oversupplied into 2020s despite strong demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68638-global-lng-markets-to-remain-oversupplied-into-2020s-despite-strong-demand.md) | -3.2% | +7.4% |
| NATGAS | 2016-12-05 | [IEA study: Global LNG markets are less flexible than many think \| Oil & Gas Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73639-iea-study-global-lng-markets-are-less-flexible-than-many-think-oil-and-gas.md) | +9.0% | +8.1% |
| NATGAS | 2021-04-15 | [Winter gas shocks show supply security should not be 'taken for granted': IEA \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47781-winter-gas-shocks-show-supply-security-should-not-be-taken-for-granted-iea-s.md) | +2.7% | +11.6% |
| NATGAS | 2017-07-12 | [IEA sees global gas demand rising to 2022 as US drives market transformation - IEA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70138-iea-sees-global-gas-demand-rising-to-2022-as-us-drives-market-transformation-iea.md) | +2.8% | -6.5% |
| NATGAS | 2026-06-04 | [Natural gas market: LNG trade disruptions and market rebalancing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18988-natural-gas-market-lng-trade-disruptions-and-market-rebalancing.md) | +4.5% | +5.7% |

## Sources

- iea.org: https://www.iea.org/news/market-flexibility-is-improving-thanks-to-lng-and-markets-currently-well-supplied-but-gas-security-remains-a-concern

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