UK within day gas traded last at 41.90 pence a therm by 1030 London time, down 0.40 p/th on the day, while gas for next day delivery was 0.70 p/th lower at 41.60 p/th.
National Grid data showed the system was 6 million cubic meters short on gas Wednesday, compared with 9 million cu m/d Tuesday, with supplies at 231 million cu m/d and demand at 237 million cu m/d.
Flows of natural gas through the Bacton Seal pipeline was the only real change on the day, flowing gas at a rate of 16 million cu m/d, up from 12 million cu m/d Tuesday.
St. Fergus Mobil flows held firm at 23 million cu m/d after dropping to zero briefly on Monday and flows on the Langeled pipeline continued at 20 million cu m/d as maintenance at the Norwegian Karsto processing plant carried on.
LNG output remained strong and backed up the system Wednesday, with South Hook LNG flowing at 30 million cu m/d and the Dragon and Isle of Grain at a total 20 million cu m/d.
Flows across the Interconnector--exporting gas from the UK to Belgium--are forecast unchanged on the day at 37 million cu m/d Wednesday, down from around 50 million cu m/d at the start of the week.
News of a further delay to the return of the Transitgas pipeline--which flows gas between Switzerland and Italy--until December contributed to the easing of flows there.
UK weather is holding around 3 degrees Celsius below the seasonal average in London this week in a range of 10-19 degrees Celsius, and there is a possibility conditions could get colder at the weekend, the latest Customweather forecast showed.
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