Spanish Forward Gas Update – 08/02/2021
Spanish spot gas prices move up due to increasing European gas prices and higher demand.
Volume traded in DA contracts for delivery on the 8th amounts to 17.8 GWh. Total spot volumes traded on MIBGAS for delivery on the 7th amounted to 106 GWh, 9.9% of daily demand.
Spanish DA reference price for the 8th moves up to 18.00 €/MWh (+0.15 €/MWh) with respect to previous Friday. Intraday auction price for the 8th increases to 18.80 €/MWh (+0.51 €/MWh).
Demand forecast for the 8th increases to 1,068 GWh (+20 GWh) with respect to previous Friday. Conventional demand goes up to 1,001 GWh (+82 GWh) and power sector demand moves down to 67 GWh (-62 GWh).
On the 5th, LNG inflows were 45.3% of total supply. There were no inflows from France.
On the European gas markets: TTF end of day price for the 8th increases to 18.44 €/MWh (+0.22 €/MWh) and PEG price moves up to 18.22 €/MWh (+0.31 €/MWh).