ICIS - energy podcasts

Natural gas prices at the British NBP market have plummeted following the start of maintenance on the Interconnector pipeline, which links Britain to mainland Europe. Market experts Thomas Rodgers and Jack Elliott discuss how the market has reacted and why the impact of the outage has been particularly acute this year.

The change in direction of two Qatari LNG vessels away from the Suez Canal this week pushed up British NBP prices. But with shipping sources downplaying the impact of the political action against Qatar on the LNG market, ICIS Global LNG Editor Ed Cox and Innovation Deputy Editor Ben Lee discuss the latest events.

Infrastructure operators BBL Company and GTS plan to merge the Dutch/British BBL pipeline with the TTF market area in the Netherlands. Ahead of the close of a consultation on 9 June, ICIS gas reporters Thomas Rodgers and Jake Horslen discuss the plan and the potential impacts on trading and capacity bookings.

The Stockholm Court of Arbitration has made a preliminary decision in the natural gas supply dispute between Ukrainian gas supplier Naftogaz and Russian producer Gazprom. ICIS gas market experts Katya Zapletnyuk and Jake Horslen discuss this court case, which will have major implications on Ukraine’s future role in the European gas sector.

Storage and production issues in Britain and Belgium and the launch of a new LNG terminal in France are changing gas market fundamentals in Belgium - a key transit market in northwest Europe.

ICIS energy reporter Alex Thackrah and European Gas Markets Deputy Editor Jake Horslen discuss the factors driving the recent change in flows through Belgium and the impact on liquidity at the Zeebrugge and ZTP hubs.

A new administration in South Korea could bring about changes in energy policy. ICIS experts Joachim Moxon and Ben Lee discuss the implications for LNG demand from the Asian nation.

The Romanian parliament has taken a step towards restricting natural gas trading to a single exchange, raising concerns among some stakeholders about competition and regional security of supply. ICIS gas experts Tom Marzec-Manser and Aura Sabadus discuss the implications of this potential change.

A premium held by the TRS gas contract for Q3 ’17 delivery over the PEG Nord equivalent has widened in recent sessions, with risk being piled onto longer-dated TRS products. ICIS experts Ben Lee and Alex Thackrah look at the factors driving the widening spread, and how this may evolve over the coming summer months.

A recent announcement paved the way for US LNG exports to China, with an agreement to pursue mutual interests in a range of sectors. ICIS experts Ben Lee and Ruth Liao look at the LNG relationships between China and the US and examine how the announcement could affect the industry in future.

There is a proposal to merge Germany's NCG and GASPOOL natural gas hubs into one. ICIS experts Marcello Kolax and Ben Lee discuss the reasoning behind the idea, the industry's reaction and the likely next steps.