EU gas price cap set to benefit Chinese buyers

Tuesday, 31 January 2023

After months of haggling, EU ministers agreed to set a price cap for natural gas – though the €180/MWh threshold will make it harder to source urgently needed LNG to refill storage in the spring. If China’s LNG hunger rebounds sharply, the price cap will hamper European buyers to outbid Asia for extra cargoes. 


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