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Japan - September 2013
Published 21 Oct 2013
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In September, Japan imported 6.58 Mt of LNG, some 0.55 Mt (-7.7%) less than last September, the second largest y/y decline this year after a 9.9% drop in May. The reductions in LNG imports come against a background of total power generation in September being down by 4.23 TWh y/y. This can be mai.. -
South Korea - September 2013
Published 17 Oct 2013
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South Korean LNG imports in September came in at 2.48 Mt, down y/y by 0.32 Mt (-11.5%). While weather broadly supported power sector demand (CDD were up by some 43% y/y, albeit on the lower September base), the fall in imports is likely to be due to strong starting inventory levels given the larg.. -
Europe Fundamentals
Published 16 Oct 2013
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In September, European gas markets were mixed in terms of end user demand. UK gas demand up by 88 mcm (2.5%) y/y. While the trends of y/y reductions in NTS-connected industry (down by 14 mcm, -4.9%), and LDZ demand (down by 92 mcm, -3.8%) continued, the losing streak in power sector demand ended.. -
Starting short
Published 15 Oct 2013
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September in the European gas market saw hub prices stay stuck in their 5 p/therm trading band around the 65 p/therm level - a pattern that has characterised all of the Q3 13 summer period. While the weather was variable, with first colder and then warmer than normal temperatures, we did not see.. -
Spain, Italy - October 2013
Published 9 Oct 2013
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The Southern European gas markets of Spain and Italy went through September and Q3 13 shedding gas demand, with the reductions following the trend set in previous months. For Spain, this mostly meant seeing gas-fired power generation struggle to get running hours against falling end user demand,.. -
Belgium, France, Netherlands - Sep 13
Published 8 Oct 2013
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The one constant in September across the northwest European gas markets of Belgium, France and the Netherlands was the need to inject gas into storage, with each country injecting more than in September of last year – almost 700 mcm more between the three. Looking to the coming winter, inventorie.. -
UK gas data – September 2013
Published 7 Oct 2013
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In September, UK gas demand was up by 320 mcm (7.4%), according to National Grid data, although excluding storage and exports it was up by only 88 mcm (2.5%) y/y. Still, the growth in end user gas demand broke a trend this year. While the trends of y/y reductions in NTS connected industry (down 1.. -
Everything changes
Published 30 Sep 2013
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The US summer has passed with the weather generally not too hot and a gas market that was characterised by very modest non-power end user demand growth and modest domestic production. Less modest were the reduction in net imports and the increases in gas needed for injection into storage. These b.. -
Europe Fundamentals
Published 24 Sep 2013
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Total gas demand in Europe was down across the major markets in July and August. In the UK, it was down 1.5 bcm (-15%) y/y on hotter than normal temperatures. The north-west European gas markets of Belgium, France and the Netherlands all went through the July and August summer months with lower.. -
Flatlining
Published 24 Sep 2013
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The European gas market has come through a summer where generally warm weather, although not much different from average levels, was the back-drop against which hub prices were stuck in a very narrow band around the 65 p/therm level. Over these two months, end-user demand was poor with residentia.. -
Germany - September 2013
Published 20 Sep 2013
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Data for the German gas market indicates that over the summer months: German consumption was down in July, as were all months this year y/y except for March which was very cold. Over the first seven months, implied German demand appears to be down 1.1 bcm (-2%) – driven in part by some of the 4.. -
Spain, Italy - September 2013
Published 19 Sep 2013
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The Southern European gas markets of Spain and Italy both went through the July and August summer months shedding gas demand, albeit for slightly different reasons. While weather was not really an issue, with cooling degree days largely the same as last year over the two months, and both economie.. -
Belgium, France, Netherlands - Sep 13
Published 18 Sep 2013
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The north-west European gas markets of Belgium, France and the Netherlands all went through the July and August summer months with lower gas demand than last year, thanks mostly to an August that was very average in terms of its temperatures. With no great need for air cooling (or heating), indus.. -
UK gas data – September 2013
Published 17 Sep 2013
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In July and August, total gas demand was down 1.5 bcm (-15%) y/y on hotter than normal temperatures. Total demand across the first eight months of 2013 remains up 1.35 bcm (2.4%) y/y, due to the strong demand seen in March and April. UK indigenous production continues its decline with DECC data.. -
Global LNG Fundamentals
Published 13 Sep 2013
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Over the first seven months of the year, Japanese LNG imports have been down y/y by 0.83 Mt (-1.6%). The reduction in imports driven by an overall milder Q1 13 and the return to service of two coal-fired generation plants. July imports were slightly up on summer peak demand. South Korean LNG tak..
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