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Gas Market Report, Q2-2026 Executive summary
…Natural gas markets continued to rebalance during the 2025/26 heating season amid strong LNG supply growth Global LNG trade grew by 12% year-on-year (or 29 bcm) through the October-February period, supported by a series of new liquefaction projects, notably in North America, and stronger output from selected legacy exporters. The Plaquemines LNG plant in Louisiana alone accounted for almost half of the incremental LNG supply through this period and played a key role in the easing of market fundamentals. Consequently, natural gas prices in Asia and Europe continued to soften October-February amid improving LNG supply…
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Gas Market Report, Q1-2026 Executive summary
…the second half of the year. The Plaquemines LNG plant in Louisiana alone accounted for over 60% of the increase in LNG supply through the year and played a key role in the easing of market conditions.Supply remained relatively tight in the first half of 2025. While global LNG supply increased by 4% (or 10 bcm) year-on-year (y‑o‑y) in the first half of 2025, this was partially offset by lower Russian and Norwegian piped gas deliveries to Europe. In addition, stronger storage injections in the European Union contributed to tighter markets. This kept European and Asian benchmark…
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Gas Market Report, Q2-2025 Executive summary
…of initially tight market conditions and heightened macroeconomic uncertainties. The global gas balance remains fragile in an increasingly complex geopolitical context, and dialogue between producers and consumers is important to ensure secure gas supplies. On 24-25 April 2025, the IEA will convene an international Summit on the Future of Energy Security, in partnership with the UK government. The Summit will address traditional and emerging risks related to energy security, including those affecting natural gas and LNG value chains. Europe and North America led demand growth through the 2024/25 winter season while Asian markets slowed Natural gas demand patterns…
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Global Energy Review 2025 Natural gas
…Global gas demand reached a new all-time high, with over three-quarters of growth coming from emerging market and developing economies. Preliminary data indicate that gas demand increased by 2.7%, or 115 billion cubic metres (bcm) (equivalent to around 4 EJ) in 2024. This was above the around 2% annual average growth rate from 2010 to 2019 and well above the rate of around 1% between 2019 and 2023, amid the Covid pandemic and global energy crisis. Emerging market and developing economies in Asia accounted for around 40% of additional gas demand in 2024 on the back of…
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Samson Gwede Mantashe
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy.
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The IEA’s largest ever emergency oil stock release
The global oil market is facing the most severe disruption in its history, with the war in the Middle East largely halting energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical trade chokepoint. In response to this disruption, IEA Member countries agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil from their emergency stocks – the largest collective action since the Agency’s founding more than 50 years ago. In this special episode, IEA Director of Energy Markets and Security Keisuke Sadamori puts the stock release in context and answers key questions about the decision and its implementation.
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Jérôme Bilodeau
Senior Programme Manager - Energy Efficiency.
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Alejandra Bernal
Clean Energy Transition Programme Officer - Latin America.
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Household Appliances Database
Pilot database on household appliances data for over 100 countries The Household Appliances database provides annual data on stock, diffusion and penetration of selected household appliances, including air conditioners, clothes dryers, clothes washers, dish washers, freezers, refrigerator/freezer combinations, refrigerators, personal computers and televisions. Data availability is uneven across countries, with gaps in time series and, in some cases, only a limited number of observations available for specific appliances or years. The dataset aims to offer global coverage where data are available integrating information from the IEA Energy End-uses and Efficiency Indicators database with additional sources obtained via desk…
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Key Questions on Energy and AI The Key Questions on Energy and AI datafile includes world and regional data for installed capacity, power usage effectiveness, load factor and electricity consumption.
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