November 26, 2024 12:32 GMT
NATGAS: Mid-Day Gas Summary: TTF Ticks Up
NATGAS
TTF is edging up again despite storage withdrawals returning to seasonal normal levels. Continued concern for winter supply and fears of further escalation between Russia and Ukraine are maintaining support.
- TTF DEC 24 up 0.6% at 48.02€/MWh
- The latest weather forecasts show temperatures in NW Europe holding near of just slightly above normal throughout the coming two weeks.
- European gas storage is down to 87.68% full on Nov. 24, according to GIE compared to the previous five-year average of 89.8% but with withdrawals back near to normal on the day.
- Norwegian pipeline supplies to Europe are 331.3mcm/d today, according to Bloomberg. Gassco shows planned outages at Heidrun and Dvalin totalling 13.9mcm/d today.
- Last week saw European gas demand 15% higher than seasonally normal for the third consecutive week, according to GFB’s Giovanni Bettinelli.
- Woodside safely shut down its Pluto LNG facility on Monday due to an unplanned event according to the company. It is currently under investigation.
- Plans by Trumps administration to reverse LNG permitting restrictions on his first day in office will not have a near term impact on global gas supply according to Goldman Sachs analysts.
- Turkey is in talks with U.S. officials for a sanctions waiver so it can continue buying Russian gas according to Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar.
- LNG at sea has fallen from a peak late last week but rose in the last week after an increasing trend in place since mid-October, according to Bloomberg.
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