Global gas prices reached unprecedented levels at the end of 2021, with record prices hit around the globe. Both Asia’s JKM LNG price and Europe’s TTF gas price breached the $40/MMBtu milestone. Much has been written to dissect the causes of 2021’s price rally citing the impacts of COVID-19, China’s appetite for LNG, unscheduled shutdowns of some LNG production capacity, pipeline permitting issues in Europe, low gas storage levels, and the impact of a cold 2020/21 winter.The issues mentioned above were not unique to 2021, supply/demand imbalances are regular occurrences. However, key hub prices have never held a breach above $20/MMBtu. How have prices been sustained at this level for months? We will show that there are emerging long-term factors that stoked this bull run to almost US$50/MMBtu.This webinar addresses to what extent current market action is representative of a “new normal” to be expected in European gas markets and will also assess to what extent decarbonisation related stresses will be replicated in other markets, particularly Asia.