RE: Intriguing. From Times of India, Match 2024.19 Sep 2024 11:03
The reason this has gone down is because 1) Cheap Russian imports to keep the energy prices lower and 2) the Elections in June 2024. Its very obvious to me. During elections these governments try to keep energy prices as low as possible for obvious reasons, you saw how it effected the elections in the UK when prices went higher, everyone complaining about the government etc, well its the same in any other country especially during election time or in an election year, so i would imagine its their number one priority. The elections are now over. `LNG imports fell 7.4% and local production expanded´May 2024. So they are obviously trying to keep a balance, but sanctions and the war will slow imports further imo, so local production one would assume will increase as prices stabilize to normal.
`Domestic production of natural gas expanded 6.7% in May from a year earlier to 3,105 MMSCM, helping offset the decline in imports. LNG prices have risen in recent months. JKM, the Asian spot LNG benchmark, averaged $11.9 per mmbtu in May, higher than $8.4 in February and $9.3 in May 2023. In June, it rose above $12 per mmbtu.´