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LONDON (ICIS) –Russian pipe gas flows to Europe fell again and will likely remain heavily curtailed over the coming weeks. This was a key driver behind price rises at the ICIS TTF which in turn lifted the ICIS East Asia Index (EAX) back to prices last seen in March.

The prospect of higher spot Asian LNG demand means the EAX remains closer to the TTF than in recent weeks, to compete for LNG supply.

The impact of the long outage at US Freeport LNG spread further around the market with reports of more companies being affected further down certain buyer chains.

News headlines were dominated by longer-term business, with US...