Global LNG Markets Face a Winter of Extreme Uncertainty
The defining feature of the Northern Hemisphere winter 2026/27 is uncertainty. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices are above $30 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), and gas inventories are markedly lower in key markets.…
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The defining feature of the Northern Hemisphere winter 2026/27 is uncertainty. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices are above $30 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), and gas inventories are markedly lower in key markets. Further price rallies are not a foregone conclusion, though. Potent downside risks remain, including a recovery of Middle Eastern LNG supply and weather-suppressed power and heating demand.
Europe enters winter with the lowest gas inventory of the 2020s, just as the lack of Middle Eastern LNG in the Pacific basin intensifies competition for US cargoes. The continent will have to pay dearly to keep inter-basin arbitrage closed and hope for a mild winter to limit demand organically.
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