Europe’s benchmark natural gas prices have topped 101 euros per megawatt-hour (MWh) for the first time since the 2022 crisis as winter looms amid historically low European gas storage levels. The front-month price at the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF), the benchmark for Europe’s gas trading, surged by 4% as of 9 a.m.
in Amsterdam on Friday. The TTF price was on track for an 8% weekly gain amid mounting concerns that the escalation in the Middle East would continue to choke off Qatari and Emirati LNG flows through the Strait…