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LNG Outlook 2026
Preparing for a world of excess LNG capacity, uncertain demand, and emerging AI.
Many factors are combining to drive a metamorphosis of the LNG industry over the coming years. These include a flood of new LNG capacity, highly uncertain demand growth, the recent influx of myriad new players and the introduction of AI across the value chain – all amid the prospect of plummeting prices. Conventional wisdoms will be challenged, and some market players could face existential crises.
Yet the question remains: ‘How should producers, sellers and buyers be preparing themselves?’
The Gas Strategies LNG Outlook 2026, offers analysis of these issues and views on the implications for the global LNG industry.
There is now the strong possibility of a period of oversupply that could last for years. In an industry with a deep-seated belief that LNG markets always have, and therefore always will, absorb all available supply, this is an outturn that people should now be preparing for.
"We increasingly view this as the crux of the most significant pivot point for the global LNG business since it's birth over six decades ago."
Accelerate your understanding of the upcoming LNG supply glut, uncertain demand, and the impact of emerging AI across the LNG value chain.