Dec 30 (LNGJ) - UK natural gas prices surged to their highest level of this winter season on colder weather, while continental European prices slipped back. The UK National Balancing Point benchmark jumped to the equivalent of $7.50 per million British thermal units from $6.80 per MMBtu yesterday. The Dutch Title Transfer facility (TTF) price was at the equivalent of $6.75 per MMBtu, down from the previous day’s $6.90 per MMBtu.
UK North Sea instantaneous supply flows on December 30 amounted to 329.98 million cubic metres, while demand flows came to 351.3 mcm, according to National Grid data. The Norwegian aggregated (including UK) exit flows on December 30 published by Norway’s Gassco were 341.41 mcm versus 337.6 mcm on the previous day.
