Apollo Energy publishes a daily energy market analysis, focusing on the gas, power and oil markets including a commentary on how the markets close and open. Our analysis provides insight on how the markets are performing and also considers various factors which could dictate price changes in the future.
The analysis also contains a graph which tracks the one-year forward price of both gas and electricity as well as changes to Brent crude oil.
Energy Market Analysis - 06-02-2017
6th February 2017 | Posted by: Daniel Birkett | Market Analysis
A cold weather forecast for the rest of February helped gas contracts move higher on Friday, with a weak LNG outlook and low storage levels also fuelling the bullish sentiment. Meanwhile, Norwegian exports to mainland Europe decreased and there was little support provided by the coal and oil markets.
Energy Market Analysis - 03-02-2017
3rd February 2017 | Posted by: Daniel Birkett | Market Analysis
Gas contracts added to their price on Thursday with an unplanned outage at the North Morecambe gas field and a colder weather forecast providing support. The expected drop in temperatures will lead to a rise in residential heating demand, while lower wind levels will result in an increase in CCGT generation.
Energy Market Analysis - 02-02-2017
2nd February 2017 | Posted by: Daniel Birkett | Market Analysis
Colder temperatures continued to push gas contracts higher yesterday, with a reduction in Russian flows via the OPAL pipeline also providing support. The drop in Russian supply was a result of a dispute between Gazprom, the EU Commission and PGNiG in Poland. A rise in coal and oil contracts and limited storage levels were also bullish factors.
Energy Market Analysis - 01-02-2017
1st February 2017 | Posted by: Daniel Birkett | Market Analysis
Near-curve gas contracts moved higher yesterday with support coming from a strengthening coal market and an expected drop in temperatures in the second half of February. Storage levels were close to record lows across Europe, with an outage at the Rough storage facility continuing to fuel bullish pressure in the UK.
Energy Market Analysis - 31-01-2017
31st January 2017 | Posted by: Daniel Birkett | Market Analysis
Gas prices displayed strong gains yesterday due to a technical rebound and low storage levels. Temperatures are set to remain mild over the coming days but should turn colder in the second week of February, offering further support to the curve.