Gas prices in Europe nearly the lowest levels in 2025.

Gas prices in Europe are falling and are close to the lowest levels this year before the expected historical meeting at the top of the presidents of the US and Russia, aimed at the end of the war in Ukraine – the brokers inform.

Benchmark gas contracts in Amsterdam (Ice Entawex Dutch TTF) reduce by 1.4 percent. The price of gas in Amsterdam is now 31.70 euros per MWh.

On Friday at the night of Polish time at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base in Anchorage in Alaska, the US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will meet.

The main topic of conversations will be the war in Ukraine: suspension of weapons and “replacement of territories”.

According to the Kremlin information, both leaders will first meet in one -on -one format, and then there will be talks of the delegation of both sides.

According to the announcement of Donald Trump and his surroundings, the main goal of the American president is to be listening to Putin, to understand his intentions and obtain a suspension of weapons.

The American leader also pointed out that he would talk about the conversion of territories, but assured that he would not make any decisions in this matter, because these would be made during the next meeting with the participation of the Ukrainian president of Volodymyr Zelnski – and perhaps European leaders – to whom Donald Trump wants to lead soon after a summit at Alaska.

On Thursday, the American president assessed the chances of the success of US-Russia talks in Anchorage at 75 percent. Earlier, he threatened “very serious consequences” if Putin did not agree to the suspension of the weapon.

Although few traders are waiting for the soon return of Russian gas to Europe – even if Alaska is agreed by a suspension of weapons in Ukraine – any exacerbation or alleviating sanctions against the Russian energy sector can have a significant impact on global deliveries, including natural gas.

Gas prices in Europe have dropped from the beginning of August by about 10 percent, but – as analysts indicate – they still persist above levels, at which blue fuel was usually traded before the energy crisis, which began over 3 years ago – when Russia attacked Ukraine armed.

Currently, European countries acquire most of their supplies of natural gas from distant territories, including From the United States and Qatar, and last year less than 1/5 of gas reached the Old Continent from Russia.

The resumption of Russian projects regarding liquefied natural gas, some of which are currently covered by US sanctions, could increase the pool of global gas supplies and facilitate the acquisition of this fuel by countries in the world.

“The scale of the possible allevination of energy sanctions will depend on the suspension of weapons in Ukraine, the real end of the war and reliable obligations to rebuild Ukraine's unsupported territories,” says Claudio Steuer, a senior researcher at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

Bloombergnef analysts estimate that the total supply of Russian LNG gas can reach 50 million tons by 2030 if sanctions are lifted. It would be an increase compared to 2024 by 50 percent.

(PAP Biznes)

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