Equinor Expects Tight Winter Natural Gas Market in Europe

Europe’s natural gas market is in a precarious balance as winter begins and external factors will likely lead to a tight market at the end of 2024 and early 2025, according to Torgrim Reitan, chief financial officer at Norwegian energy major Equinor. The natural gas market and prices in Europe will be shaped in the coming months by the end of the Russia-Ukraine gas transit deal and demand for LNG in Asia, Reitan told Bloomberg TV in an interview on Wednesday. Equinor is the biggest producer of gas offshore Norway, which is now the single...