LNG short-term trade and price outlook (Q3 2017)
*Please note that this report only includes an Excel data file if this is indicated in "What's included" below
Report summary
Table of contents
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Executive summary
- LNG supply highlights
- LNG demand highlights
- European gas highlights
- Price outlook/supply-demand balances
- Key market data
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Supply-demand balances
- Introduction
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Global LNG fundamentals
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LNG Supply
- Global LNG Supply
- Downside risks around our view:
- Upsides to our view:
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LNG imports
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Pacific
- Asia net imports
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Atlantic
- Americas, MENA and European net LNG imports
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Pacific spot prices (Japan, DES)
- Asia LNG supply and demand balance and spot price premium over European price
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Recap: Asia saw a remarkable recovery in spot LNG prices, reaching a two-year high in winter 2016/17. Buoyed by cold temperatures and nuclear outages in South Korea, Asian spot LNG price was slightly shy of US$10/mmbtu. However, the Asian premium to European gas prices remained similar to last year as French nuclear outages boosted European gas demand. After winter, prices in Asia immediately dropped to the mid 5's territory as heating demand dissipated and were range-bound between US$5-6/mmbtu. Prices could have decreased further if not for increased demand in North Asia. In H1 2017, North Asian LNG imports have increased by 14% year-on-year, mainly driven by South Korea and China. Asian prices have recovered slightly going into summer as a heat wave in China boosted electricity demand.
- Japan LNG spot price
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European gas fundamentals
- Key data
- Gas demand
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Gas supply
- Gas Prices
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Pacific
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LNG Supply
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Executive summary: Image 1
- Supply-demand balances: Image 1
- Storage inventories*
- Russian imports
- Supply-demand balances: Image 2
- Supply-demand balances: Image 3
- Supply-demand balances: Image 4
- Supply-demand balances: Image 5
- Supply-demand balances: Image 9
- Supply-demand balances: Image 6
What's included
This report contains:
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