Common Questions

Who is Tom Marzec-Manser at Wood Mackenzie?

Tom Marzec-Manser is a gas and LNG analyst at Wood Mackenzie, the energy research consultancy. He is one of its principal European gas market commentators, cited by Bloomberg in April 2026 on European LNG supply risk.Source: Bloomberg

What did Wood Mackenzie say about European gas supply in 2026?

Wood Mackenzie analyst Tom Marzec-Manser told Bloomberg in April 2026 there was 'no risk to supply just yet, but that could change in a couple of months', pointing to simultaneous Hammerfest LNG outages and the Hormuz closure.Source: Bloomberg

Background

Tom Marzec-Manser is a gas and LNG analyst at Wood Mackenzie, the Edinburgh-based energy research consultancy. He is among Wood Mackenzie's principal voices on European gas market dynamics, including storage adequacy, LNG supply risk, and the impact of geopolitical shocks on hub pricing.

In April 2026, Marzec-Manser was cited by Bloomberg offering a cautious read on the TTF market's muted response to the EU's Russian LNG spot ban: "no risk to supply just yet, but that could change in a couple of months". The comment, made against the backdrop of simultaneous Hammerfest LNG outages and the Hormuz closure, crystallised the short-term versus medium-term divergence in analyst assessments of European supply adequacy.

How the World Sees Them

Energy analysts

Marzec-Manser's Bloomberg quote captured the market consensus that near-term supply risk is manageable but medium-term risk — if Hormuz stays closed and Hammerfest overruns — is not priced in.

European utilities

Buyers use Wood Mackenzie analysis to calibrate storage strategies; Marzec-Manser's 'couple of months' warning was read as a prompt to accelerate Q3 injection planning.