# Gas pipelines and city gas and Natural gas

Gas pipelines and city gas needs natural gas; their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/gas-pipelines-and-city-gas-and-natural-gas/

[Gas pipelines and city gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_gas_pipelines/) (energy) and [Natural gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/natural_gas/) (energy): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Material need

*Physical flow · Direct · Natural gas → Gas pipelines and city gas*

Building or running Gas pipelines and city gas needs natural gas.

### 2. Price link: wholesale gas

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

The natural gas tile uses the European price, which shares global LNG shocks with US gas. Delivered US gas tracks it at 0.73 for yearly moves but only 0.09 for monthly moves, because regulated tariffs and storage smooth short swings.

- **0.09** monthly change correlation
- **0.73** 12-month change correlation
- **0.23** fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.