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European Gas Traders Are Already Worrying About Next Winter
After more than a year’s respite from record price swings in Europe’s natural gas market, traders are getting agitated again. While demand remains muted and the region exited the heating season with the highest stocks on record, industry players gathering at the Flame conference in Amsterdam this week see risks mounting. And prices are responding. Worries include uncertainty over remaining Russian flows through Ukraine and rebounding gas demand in Asia. A colder-than-normal winter spurring consumption at home is also seen as more likely after two consecutive mild ones. “Are we out of the crisis? I think it is ... (full story)