LONDON: Prompt natural gas prices in Britain firmed on Tuesday, supported by an undersupplied system, as reduced flows from the St. Fergus terminal in Scotland tightened supply.
Prices for next-day delivery edged up 0.05 pence to 53.55 pence per therm at 1059 GMT.
The gas system was 18 million cubic metres (mcm) undersupplied, with flows forecast at 280 mcm/day and demand at 298 mcm, according to National Grid data.
An unplanned outage at Total's St. Fergus gas terminal which cut production by an estimated 8 mcm/day on Monday is set to continue for a further 24 hours.
"The St. Fergus TOM outage is one more day postponed and there is a risk for further delay," Thomson Reuters Point Carbon analysts said.
Meteorologists forecast above normal temperatures for this time of year, which was expected to hit demand for energy for heating.
Day-ahead TTF gas was up 0.2 euros at 22.45 euros per megawatt hour.
In Europe's carbon market, benchmark EU Allowances (EUA) were up 0.03 euro at 6.93 euros per tonne.
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