After the Danish energy agency announced on Monday that one of the lines of Nord Stream-2 fully meets all conditions for operation, including certification requirements, gas prices have slowly crept down.
According to Russian Vesna, according to trading data on ICE Futures, the price of gas in Europe, which almost reached $ 1,200 per thousand cubic meters on Monday, fell below $1,130 on the good news on Nord Stream-2.
“The price of November futures on the Dutch TTF index, the most liquid European hub, practically reached the level of $1,200 per thousand cubic meters on Monday, reaching a record value of $1,198.7 at 17.14 Moscow time”, the message says. communications via the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, dropped to the level of 1123.9 dollars per thousand cubic meters at 17.50 Moscow time. As of 18.04 Moscow time, the price has grown to $ 1159.3 per thousand cubic meters.
The pipeline operator Nord Stream-2 AG announced that it has started to fill the first line with gas and continues to carry out commissioning work on the second. In general, the entire gas pipeline has already passed independent certification.