Natural gas sales at UEEX in December 2021

During the last month, the PP BETS held 46 trading sessions for the purchase and sale of natural gas on the medium and long-term market, and 4 trading sessions were held daily on the short-term market.

Over the past month, 330 starting positions were formed in the PP BETS for trading in resources of December, January, February in the GTS and UGS facilities. A total of 116.32 million cubic meters of natural gas were sold.

1631 thousand cubic meters of natural gas were sold on the short-term market, mainly on the intraday market in UGS facilities.

The price fluctuated significantly on all market segments, following global trends. The weighted average price of the resource of December, which developed by the end of the month, amounted to UAH 36,282.33, which is UAH 514.79 more than the cost of the resource of November in the Ukrainian gas transportation system.

“Last month we observed significant fluctuations in natural gas prices, a significant range of bids from market participants.I want to note that trading instruments on the exchange help to determine the relevant market price at a certain point in time. There are over 450 companies in the “Natural Gas” direction that are building a liquid natural gas market in Ukraine. " - noted the CEO of UEEX A. Kovalenko.