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A warmer-than-usual winter forecast for East Asia could reduce heating demand and free LNG spot cargoes for Europe. The article also reports that Qatari LNG exports fell about 65% year on year in January–September amid conflict-related disruptions, while European gas inventories were low entering winter.
Lower East Asian demand could ease the global procurement race and limit European gas price pressure, but continuing Gulf supply losses and depleted European stocks leave the market vulnerable to renewed price increases.
mtimes.netKim Jeong-eun, ReporterNov 8, 2026After 104 past bearish weather events, Natural Gas moved a median -7.8% over 5 sessions (22% higher; middle half -14.8% to -0.8%), and -3.3% over 20.
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.
