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European natural gas prices dropped sharply in early trading on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said the conflict with Iran could end \u201cvery soon,\u201d easing fears of prolonged disruptions to energy supplies from the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of 08:30 GMT<\/strong>, front-month Dutch TTF natural gas futures<\/strong>, Europe\u2019s benchmark, fell 15.6% to \u20ac47.68 per megawatt-hour<\/strong>. In the United States, natural gas futures slipped 1.5% to $3.07<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Analysts at ANZ<\/strong> said the decline in crude oil prices also weighed on the broader energy complex, dragging gas prices lower alongside oil as markets reassessed the risks of major supply disruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite the sharp price drop, analysts warn that Europe\u2019s gas market remains fragile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Storage levels across the continent are heavily depleted after the winter season<\/strong>, leaving the region more exposed to supply shocks. At the same time, global liquefied natural gas (LNG)<\/strong> flows have been significantly disrupted by the escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further pressure on the market could come from the halt in production from Qatar<\/strong>, one of the world\u2019s largest exporters of liquefied natural gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The disruption is expected to have wide-ranging implications for global gas markets in the coming months<\/strong>, potentially tightening supply just as Europe enters the crucial period of rebuilding inventories ahead of the next winter season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the latest decline in prices reflects easing geopolitical fears, analysts say any prolonged disruption to LNG supply could quickly reverse the trend<\/strong>, keeping volatility high in global gas markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" European natural gas prices dropped sharply in early trading on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said the conflict with Iran could end \u201cvery soon,\u201d easing fears of prolonged disruptions to energy supplies from the Middle East. As of 08:30 GMT, front-month Dutch TTF natural gas futures, Europe\u2019s benchmark, fell 15.6% to \u20ac47.68 per megawatt-hour. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":31892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6827,49,37,39,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-daily-economic-reports","category-economic-reports","category-forex-markets","category-global-stock-markets","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124531,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124530\/revisions\/124531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Europe remains vulnerable<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Qatar supply disruption raises concerns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n