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Prices down as concerns over Hurricane Beryl on U.S. LNG ease

Tue, 09th Jul 2024 09:39

LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) - Dutch and British wholesale gas prices were down on Tuesday morning amid easing concerns over the impact of Hurricane Beryl on U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities after Freeport LNG said will it will resume production after it has passed.

The benchmark front-month contract at the Dutch TTF hub

was down 0.55 euros at 31.65 euros per megawatt

hour (MWh), or $10.03/mmBtu, by 0831 GMT, LSEG data showed. In the British market, the day-ahead contract
was 1.0 pence lower at 73.5 pence per therm.

Beryl, the earliest category five hurricane on record, was expected to weaken to a tropical storm and to a tropical
depression on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC)
said in latest briefing.

The amount of natural gas flowing to Freeport LNG's export plant in Texas has fallen close to zero in the last couple of
days but the company said production will resume once it is safe
to do so after hurricane passes.

"The market expects production to resume quickly, which explains the additional drop in TTF month-ahead prices, which
confirmed their bearish bias," analysts at Engie's EnergyScan
said in a morning note, adding that an additional price drop

would indicate that the market is initiating a downtrend.

Gas flows to Corpus Christi and Sabine Pass LNG projects haven’t declined, indicating production hasn’t been affected by
the storm, Daniel Hynes, senior commodity strategist at ANZ bank
said.

"Nevertheless, strong demand in Asia is likely to keep upward pressure on prices. Hotter-than-normal summer
temperatures are stretching Tokyo’s power grid," he added.

In Britain, wind and solar generation is picking up, with wind speeds forecast to remain strong until at least July 14.

In the European carbon market, the benchmark contract fell by 0.29 euros to 68.7 euros a metric ton.

(Reporting by Marwa Rashad Editing by Nina Chestney)

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