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Natural Gas

Natural gas is one of the most volatility-prone inputs in the energy stack, heavily shaped by weather, storage, and export flows.

It can move utility economics, power pricing, fertilizer feedstock costs, and producer cash flow very quickly.

Benchmark
Natural gas in USD per MMBtu.
Use Cases
3
Tracked In
8 industries

Quick Read

Daily market pricing.
Data source: Alpha Vantage
weather
storage levels
LNG exports
power demand

Price History

How Natural Gas has been moving

Use the chart to frame cycle strength, input-cost pressure, and how the signal may feed into sector margins.

Natural Gas

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Why this commodity matters

Gas behaves less like slow-moving oil and more like a weather-and-balance-sheet market. Storage, LNG pull, and power-burn demand can overwhelm longer-term narratives very fast.

What this raw material is useful for

Gas-focused producers and pipelines
Utilities and gas distributors
Reading winter/summer stress across the power chain

Sectors that care the most

Latest
3.29 dollars per million BTU
Latest Change
-1.5%
1Y Change
+1.5%
5Y Change
-10.6%
All-Time High
30.72 dollars per million BTU
All-Time Low
1.05 dollars per million BTU

Demand Drivers

Weather-sensitive heating and cooling load
Power generation and coal-to-gas switching
LNG export demand
Industrial and chemical feedstock usage

Supply Drivers

Shale gas production and associated gas volumes
Storage levels versus seasonal norms
Pipeline constraints and regional bottlenecks
Producer hedging and rig activity

Benchmark & Coverage

Benchmark: Natural gas in USD per MMBtu.

Series cadence: Daily market pricing.

Stored points: 7405 observations

Date span: 1997-01-07 to 2026-07-06

Watchpoint 1
weather
Watchpoint 2
storage levels
Watchpoint 3
LNG exports
Watchpoint 4
power demand

Industry Connections

Where this material actually shows up

Energy

Oil & Gas Drilling

Energy

Oil & Gas E&P

Energy

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

Energy

Oil & Gas Integrated

Energy

Oil & Gas Midstream

Energy

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

Utilities

Utilities — Diversified

Utilities

Utilities — Regulated Gas