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Mid-Day Gas Summary: TTF Recovers Last Week’s Losses

NATURAL GAS

TTF front month is extending gains throughout Monday, driven by a suspected leak in the undersea Baltic pipeline between Finland and Estonia after a drop in pressure and rising oil prices due to Middle East tensions. Supply disruptions remain a risk heading into the winter heating season with the potential for a restart to Australia LNG facility worker strikes.

  • TTF NOV 23 up 12.4% at 42.97€/MWh
  • TTF Q1 24 up 6.7% at 48.15€/MWh
  • TTF SUM 24 up 5.5% at 46.51€/MWh
  • ICE TTF aggregate traded volumes on Friday were below the recent average at 194k contracts.
  • In light of the current tension in Israel, Chevron has been instructed by Israel’s Ministry of Energy to shut down the production at the Tamar Production platform, the firm said.
  • The Finland, Estonia undersea Balticconnector gas pipeline was taken out of service on 8 October due to a suspected leak, according to Gasgrid Finland and Estonian gas TSO Elering.
  • Australia’s Offshore Alliance said last week it will issue a notice for further industrial action on Monday. Strikes can begin seven days later.
  • The latest weather forecast shows temperatures across NW Europe holding above normal this week before cooling from the middle of the month back to near normal.
  • Norwegian pipeline supplies to Europe are today nominated at 289.3mcm/d according to Gassco.
  • European natural gas storage levels are gaining back towards the five year range highs up to 96.87% full on 7 Oct according to GIE data compared to the five year average of 88.5%. Net injections have increased slightly in the last week and in line with average rates from the previous five years. Net injections averaged about 1,799GWh/d in the week to 7 Oct compared to the five year average for the period of just under 1,820GWh/d.
  • LNG sendout to Europe is today estimated at 277mcm/d compared to an average of around 300mcm/d over the last week.
  • US LNG exports are currently more profitable to Asia in November, December and January 2024. The gas price spread between Asia and Europe is $0.45/MMBtu in November according to BNEF.
  • JKM Nov 23 up 10% at 14.03$/mmbtu
  • JKM-TTF Nov 23 down 0$/mmbtu at 0.8$/mmbtu
  • Global LNG imports are forecast to rise by 2% month on month in October to 31.3mn tons. This is up by 1% year on year according to BNEF.

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