IEA: Global Natural Gas Demand Set for New Record Highs

Amid a normalization of natural gas prices, global gas demand is picking up this year at a stronger pace than in the past two years and is set for a record high in 2024 and 2025, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report on Thursday. After the supply and price shock of 2022 and 2023, which weighed on natural gas demand, consumption is picking up pace this year and is set to rise by over 2.5% in 2024, or by just over 100 billion cubic meters (bcm). As a result, natural gas demand is set to reach a new record-high of 4,200 bcm in…