# Here’s Why Oil And Natural Gas Prices Are Diverging (USO)

> A Yahoo Finance commentary argues that crude oil and natural gas prices are diverging because the traditional BTU-equivalence link is weakening. The piece cites Permian associated gas as a factor.

- Date: 2017-10-27 · published 2017-10-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68640-here-s-why-oil-and-natural-gas-prices-are-diverging-uso
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md)

## Why it matters

A weakening oil-gas linkage means gas price moves are increasingly driven by gas-specific supply, which matters for buyers tracking energy-linked feed costs.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: neutral
- NATGAS: neutral

## Sources

- finance.yahoo.com: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-oil-natural-gas-prices-112918203.html

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