European Natural Gas Prices Surge to One-Year High on Tightening Supplies

Samantha Dart, co-head of global commodities research at Goldman Sachs, said colder-than-average weather across the EU "is a stronger driver" than the halt in Russian NatGas exports via Soviet-era pipelines running through Ukraine, which will, in turn, pressure EU NatGas prices higher. By Friday, EU NatGas prices reached levels not seen in over a year, exceeding 50 EUR/MWh.  "While this week's key headline in natural gas has been the halt in the residual Russian gas flows through Ukraine, the main tightening driver of NW European gas fundamentals…