RE: SHARE PRICE ON SFB GAS PRODUCTION? Buy22 Apr 2022 12:27
Suggestion in an article on Bloomberg that gas could be heading for a further hike within about 2 months, should Putin insist on payment in rubles by "unfriendly" countries:
... Some analysts, though, donβt see any immediate risks to supply as most payments under the proposed new system arenβt due until later next month.
βWe are still a month away from this really being an immediate issue,β said Tom Marzec-Manser, head of gas analytics at ICIS in London. βI certainly donβt see any risk to pipeline supply in the coming month in relation to the currency decree, and really not into June either.β
Russian supplier Gazprom PJSC could be obliged contractually to continue sending gas to Europe, Thierry Bros, a professor at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, said by email.
βIf Putin decides to close the tap, that would send prices soaring but this will solve the lengthy discussions on the EU side on when to ban Russian exports.β ...