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TTF Steady Amid Warm Weather and Switch to Net Storage Injections

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TTF front month is holding within the trading range seen last week with storage switching to net injections and LNG imports falling with mild weather forecast to persist across Europe.

    • TTF MAY 24 up 0.1% at 27.38€/MWh
    • TTF Q3 24 down 0.3% at 27.81€/MWh
    • TTF WIN 24 down 0.3% at 31.78€/MWh
  • Temperatures in NW Europe are forecast to rise further above normal in the coming days before drifting back from a peak around Apr. 6. Week two of the forecast is expected to be cooler although still slightly above normal.
  • Norwegian pipeline supplies to Europe are nominated at 344.4mcm/d today amid a planned outage at Karsto this week.
  • European LNG sendout fell to the lowest since early October at 264mcm/d on Mar. 26 compared to an average throughout March of 330mcm/d.
  • European gas storage was at 58.72% full on Mar. 31 according to GIE with a switch to net injections on March 30. The seasonal five year average is 41.5% full.
  • Gas transit flows through Ukraine are at 40.2mcm/d today and Algeria gas flow to Italy at Mazara are today up at 68.4m/d.
  • ICE TTF daily aggregate traded futures volume were down at 212k on Mar. 28 ahead of the Easter holiday weekend.

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