The cost of January futures in Europe rose above 1,300 dollars for the first time since the beginning of October, the ICE exchange data is evidenced.
During trading on Monday, December 13, the price of thousands of cubic meters took off to $ 1354.38 (plus 9.82 compared with the closure of the previous trading session on December 10). Then the prices adjusted to $ 1327.79 (plus 7.63 percent).
On October 6, gas futures on European stocks exceeded $ 1900 per thousand cubic meters by setting an absolute record. On the same day, a meeting of President Vladimir Putin was held on energy, following which he instructed Gazprom to start additional gas supplies to Europe to stabilize prices. Then gas began to be cheaper and October 7 fell below 1000 dollars.
According to the data on the beginning of December, 25.6 percent selected from underground repositories, that is, more than a quarter of purchased and right gas. Since the beginning of December, selection from European storages exceeds the average value in these numbers in the entire history of observations by 19 percent.