Archived Summaries
Monday 20th August 2012
Market Opening
Demand on the UK gas system failed to move in its normal direction over the weekend, actually increasing over the rates seen in the latter part of last week to 175 MCM, mainly due to increased storage injection. A combination of mid-range storage demand and increased gas-fired power generation has seen forecast demand for today move higher again to 191 MCM while forecast deliveries are running at just 167 MCM and physical deliveries at 9am were running at just 161 MCM. The prompt market has moved sharply higher in early trading as a result of the system shortfall, within day and day ahead gas trading around 2.50p up on Friday's closing levels for today. Following Friday's interruption to the recent rally in crude oil prices, Brent has gained 50 cents in overnight trading on Asian markets and the new front month October contract stands at $114.20 per barrel. UK gas futures have moved up strongly in early trading this morning with the front month and front winter contracts showing gains of a penny on Friday's closing levels while seasonal contracts further out the curve are up by around 0.75p.


















