Just as natural gas prices surged to records in Europe and Asia, commodity-hungry China secured this week a major LNG supply deal with top exporter Qatar Chinese authorities are reportedly ordering state energy enterprises to secure supply for the winter “at all costs.” The gas crisis in Europe is pushing Asian spot LNG prices up, but Asia is winning the bidding war so far. China and Asia are winning the bidding war for natural gas supplies as the northern hemisphere goes into the winter season with woefully low inventories and recovering demand after the pandemic. Just as natural gas prices surged to records in Europe and Asia, commodity-hungry China secured this week a major long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal with top exporter Qatar. China is looking to secure additional volumes of long-term supply of gas while it is also bidding up LNG spot cargoes, together with wider […]