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Industrial Gas Plunges to $4.27/Mcf

Industrial Gas plunges 12.9% in May 2026 to $4.27/Mcf and down 9.0% from a year earlier. A plant burning 50,000 Mcf a year is looking at $213,500 of gas, $21,115 below last year.

Industrial Gas plunges 12.9% in May 2026 to $4.27/Mcf and down 9.0% from a year earlier. A plant burning 50,000 Mcf a year is looking at $213,500 of gas, $21,115 below last year.

• May 2026: $4.27/Mcf
• on the month: -12.9%
• on the year: -9.0%

A plant burning 50,000 Mcf a year is looking at $213,500 of gas, $21,115 below last year.

The print sits 0% of the way up the archived range of $4.27/Mcf (May 2026) to $8.43/Mcf (February 2026), with the standing trend falling.

The year-over-year comparison is against May 2025, which printed $4.69/Mcf. Source: EIA Natural Gas Navigator, industrial price. The number above is the agency's published value, unrounded; the history and any later revisions stay queryable on the live data page.

Published 2026-08-06.