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Asia’s Gas Buying Spree Is Wilting in the Summer Heat

Absent another geopolitical crisis, everything points to a welcome return to normality.

Air conditioners jut from a residential building in Shanghai.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Welcome to our guide to the commodities markets powering the global economy. Today, energy reporter Stephen Stapczynski looks at the state of gas demand in Asia.

A heat wave sweeping across Northeast Asia prompted a jump in natural gas prices, redirecting volumes away from Europe at a time when the region should be restocking for winter.