Source: EIA This week, U.S. natural gas and LNG markets remained under pressure from soft domestic fundamentals despite some global support from ongoing Middle East supply disruptions. This Week’s Main Drivers The headline event was Thursday’s bearish EIA storage report. For the week ending April 10, working gas in storage rose by 59 Bcf to 1,970 Bcf. This build exceeded consensus expectations and pushed inventories 108 Bcf above the five-year average and 126 Bcf higher than

Source: IEA After years as the driver of global LNG growth, China has eased off the throttle in 2025. Imports have slipped as domestic gas production rises, pipeline flows from Russia expand, industrial demand softens, and rapid renewable additions cut into gas-fired power. Cargoes once destined for China are increasingly redirected to Europe, Japan, South Korea, and emerging Asia. The Positives • Price relief: A major supply wave from the U.S., Qatar, and others arriving 20