# Gas market braces for slump as it eyes record flow from Russia - The Business Times

> European natural gas prices are expected to fall in 2019 for the first time in four years, as storage is well stocked after a mild winter and Russian pipeline flows reached a record in 2018. Analysts forecast the Dutch next-month contract to end 2019 around 22 euros/MWh.

- Date: 2019-01-03 · published 2019-01-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61280-gas-market-braces-for-slump-as-it-eyes-record-flow-from-russia-the-business
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Lower European gas prices reduce energy and fertilizer production costs in the region, which can ease pressure on nitrogen and processing costs.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bearish ▼

## Sources

- businesstimes.com.sg: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/energy-commodities/gas-market-braces-slump-it-eyes-record-flow-russia

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