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Natural Gas Futures to Soybean Oil Ratio
The natural gas futures to soybean oil ratio is 4.160 — Natural Gas Futures at $2.82 per Million British Thermal Units divided by Soybean Oil at $0.6779 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Natural Gas Futures to Soybean Oil ratio
1.000 MMBtu of natural gas futures = 4.160 Lb of soybean oil
Inverse (ZL/NG-FUT): 0.2404 — one Pound of soybean oil buys that much natural gas futures.
Below its 1 year average. (27th percentile of the last 1 year)
Natural Gas Futures
$2.82
per Million British Thermal Units
Soybean Oil
¢0.6779
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Million British Thermal Units ÷ US Cent per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of soybean oil per Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:21:34 GMT.
1Y average
5.697
median 4.914
1Y low
3.490
Apr 24, 2026
1Y high
10.62
Dec 5, 2025
Normal band
3.904–7.490
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-0.86σ
247 observations
Natural Gas Futures to Soybean Oil ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the NG-FUT/ZL ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Natural Gas Futures / Soybean Oil price chart below.
NG-FUT/ZL ratio line
How many Lb of Soybean Oil one MMBtu of Natural Gas Futures buys, over 1Y.
NG-FUT/ZL ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the NG-FUT/ZL ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Natural Gas Futures and Soybean Oil prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the natural gas futures to soybean oil ratio
Natural Gas Futures to Soybean Oil ratio = Natural Gas Futures price per Million British Thermal Units ÷ Soybean Oil price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of soybean oil per Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $2.82 ÷ $0.6779 = 4.160. The inverse is 0.2404.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4655.18 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 69.27 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.99 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.81 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1887.51 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1353.70 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the natural gas futures to soybean oil ratio today?
The natural gas futures to soybean oil ratio is 4.160 — Natural Gas Futures at $2.82 per Million British Thermal Units divided by Soybean Oil at $0.6779 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the natural gas futures to soybean oil ratio?
Divide the natural gas futures price per Million British Thermal Units by the soybean oil price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of soybean oil per Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures.
What is the inverse of the natural gas futures to soybean oil ratio?
The inverse, soybean oil to natural gas futures, is 0.2404 — how many Million British Thermal Unitss of natural gas futures one Pound of soybean oil buys.