NBP futures backed up Friday’s losses as near months fell by an average of 3.28p yesterday

Gas Market  With tensions appearing to ease in the Middle East energy prices across Europe continued to shed premium on Monday.  NBP futures backed up Friday’s losses with more of the same yesterday.  Near months fell by an average of 3.28p per therm over the session but are still around 16.50p above the lows seen […]

The gas markets have continued to show weakness this morning

Gas Market  Reports emerged on Friday morning that Israel had attacked a military base in Isfahan, Iran and the energy markets opened stronger.  But as further information about the attack was released it appeared that the missile strikes were restrained so as not to warrant a response.  The Iranian foreign Minister played down the attacks […]

The May contract for the NBP last traded at 79.30p per therm which is an intra-day loss of 5.24p this morning

Gas Market Wednesday’s losses failed to be consolidated yesterday as the market eyes next weeks planned maintenance works on Norwegian feeds and lower wind forecasts while concerns over geopolitical tensions remain.  It was a jittery session as losses to near NBP futures were reversed over the morning session and contracts oscillated between gains and losses […]

With Nyhamna returning from an unplanned outage the day ahead contract retreated by 6% to 79.05p/th

Gas Market Gas supplies through the Langeled pipeline into the UK increased following the return to operation of the Nyhamna gas plant. As a result of the return of Nyhamna much of the premium built up over the previous two sessions began to dissipate. The front month shed 4.7p/th at the close retreating from the […]

Nyhamna outage is due to be resolved on Wednesday

Gas Market The outages at Nyhamna and Dvalin are due to be resolved on Wednesday but still caused concerns to the market on Tuesday. The valve issue at Nyhamna removed up to 56mcm from Norwegian supplies and provided early support to the prompt and near curve. The front two months settled at four-month highs and […]

Oil prices initially traded higher by 74 cents a barrel following Israel’s comments of retaliation, but much of the premium has since fallen out

Gas Market Gas prices opened strongly following the attack by Iran on Israel over the weekend, while contributing to the early bullishness was news that the Nyhamna gas processing plant experienced an unplanned outage removing over 50mcm from the supply picture. As a result, the front month opened up at 79.00p/th before risk quickly fell […]

Energy prices are moving lower this morning after the response from Iran at the weekend

Gas Market After a slow start on Friday near NBP months edged higher through the day after Russia’s continued targeting of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. The front month settled with a gain of 2.69p to close at 76.38p, bringing the gain for the week to 10.30p or 15.6%. The Winter-2024 contract added 2.99p on Friday and […]

NBP futures spiked on Thursday following the overnight bombardment on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Gas Market  NBP futures spiked on Thursday following the overnight bombardment on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure by Russia. Near months settled an average of 5.95p higher in response to the news that two underground gas storage facilities were hit by missiles. While early reports stated that both facilities were still operational gas prices crept higher through […]

NBP curve prices have reacted strongly this morning to reports of an attack on to gas storage sites in Ukraine by Russia.

Gas Market  NBP gas prices traded in a tight range for much of the day as contracts ebbed and flowed from gain to loss for much of the session. The front month contract opened in positive territory trading up to 69.96p/th and what proved to be the high of the day, before trading down to […]

Crude oil prices eased for a second day yesterday

Gas Market   The unplanned outage at the Asgard is due to be resolved on Wednesday but capped losses to near NBP months yesterday.  Early losses were reversed yesterday before easing again later in the session. Reports came through in the afternoon that Freeport LNG had ramped up natural gas intake on Tuesday morning which increased […]