Europe is drawing a fleet of U.S. liquefied natural gas cargo ships amid an ongoing energy crisis that has triggered an increase in gas prices to record levels.
- Alongside the ongoing winter shortage and short-term relief from the continent’s key supplier Russia, natural gas in Northwest Europe is now trading nearly $57.54 per million British thermal units, up around 30% from the prior week.
- That figure is nearly $24 higher than Asian prices and more than 14 times higher than the gas prices implied on the U.S. benchmark Henry Hub.
- Among 75 U.S. LNG cargoes in transit, 10 tankers ferrying a total of 1.6 million cubic meters of the heating and power plant fuel have been disclosed to be destined for Europe.
- Additional 20 tankers loaded with nearly 3.3 million cubic meters are set to cross the Atlantic Ocean and are currently on a path towards the continent.
U.S. LNG export terminals are currently operating nearly above capacity after expanding to record flows on Sunday.
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Source: Bloomberg.
