Gas
Wood Mackenzie: South Asia LNG demand growth derailed due to Middle East conflict
CEII brief
LNG Prime reported on 13 Oct 2026: Wood Mackenzie: South Asia LNG demand growth derailed due to Middle East conflict.
Read the full story on LNG PrimeSouth Asian LNG markets have absorbed one of the most severe supply shocks in the history of the global gas trade, as the war in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz cut off Qatari and UAE LNG flows to a region that had made itself critically dependent on…
Context from CEII
Gas is the flexible backbone of many grids and the designated transition fuel in many national plans, from LNG trade to domestic LPG and CNG. Supply security and pricing drive both power reliability and emissions.
28.7% of electricity in the world came from gas in 2025Original reporting © LNG Prime. Headline and excerpt quoted with attribution; the full article is available on the publisher’s site. CEII’s context is the Centre’s own and does not represent the publisher.
