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European natural gas prices jumped on Monday after flows reversed on a key pipeline that moves Russian supplies to the continent.  Monday’s price action was the latest to demonstrate how mixed signals from Russia have the European market seesawing. The Dutch Title Transfer Facility and National Balancing Point benchmarks dropped sharply last week, falling from…

European natural gas prices jumped Monday after Russia booked little additional pipeline capacity to move more supplies to the continent next month. Gazprom PJSC booked no additional capacity for November through Ukraine during an auction Monday. The company took only about 35% of the available capacity via Belarus and Poland next month. The auction’s results…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight Annual maintenance at the Cove Point LNG terminal in Maryland has concluded after 21 days. Feed gas flows to the terminal returned to their pre-work levels Tuesday. Overall, U.S. feed gas deliveries were nominated at 11.2 Bcf early Wednesday, up by roughly 1 Bcf from…

Fitch Ratings Inc. has substantially raised its Henry Hub and European natural gas price assumptions through 2022, citing “strong year-to-date prices, recovering demand and supply challenges.” “U.S. gas prices have…benefited from heightened weather-driven demand, as well as U.S. dry and associated gas production discipline,” the credit ratings analysts said, adding that liquefied natural gas (LNG)…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight A German court dealt a blow to the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipeline project Wednesday. The court found that the project must comply with a European Union rule requiring ownership of transmission and natural gas to be separate. The ruling impacts project owner Gazprom PJSC’s…

This winter is shaping up to be one of the tightest in years for the global natural gas market as strong demand has continued throughout the year and left inventories woefully short.  Liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply disruptions in Angola, Brunei, Nigeria and Trinidad and Tobago, to name a few, have also led to incremental…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight Gazprom PJSC said unusually high demand in Russia and elsewhere has made it difficult to maintain sufficient natural gas flows to Europe. Russian pipeline deliveries to the continent this year have been down, helping to keep supplies tight and prices up. A fire earlier this…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight  Gazprom PJSC did not book any of the 63.7 million cubic meters/day of interruptible natural gas pipeline capacity through Ukraine at a monthly auction on Tuesday. It was the fourth consecutive month that Gazprom did not take additional volumes. The company has been booking additional…

A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight Russia did not book additional interruptible pipeline transportation capacity for July through Ukraine at the Sudzha entry point at an auction Tuesday. It was the third month in a row that Gazprom PJSC elected not to take interruptible capacity to move more supplies to Europe.  …