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Mid-Day Gas Summary: TTF Finds Support

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TTF has continued to find support during the European morning, testing the highs of July 19 and supported by further buying interest from Egypt for LNG cargoes.

  • TTF AUG 24 up 1.9% at 32.23€/MWh
  • Egypt is also further increasing its LNG spot buying to cope with power demand over the summer. Traders said it is looking for another 5 cargoes in Aug-Sep.
  • Norwegian pipeline supplies to Europe are today nominated at 320.2mcm/d with outages at Visund, Troll and Karsto reducing capacity by 36.6mcm/d today.
  • European gas storage is up to 83.15% full on July 22 according to GIE compared to the five-year average of 73.45% with near normal injection rates.
  • LNG stockpiles held by Japanese utilities increased 6.82% w/w to 2.35m tons in the week to July 21 from 2.2m tons the previous week, according to data released by the trade ministry.
  • Ukraine Sanctions on Lukoil a Significant Risk for Hungarian and Slovakian Refineries, Bloomberg reported in a headline.

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