PEGAS, the pan-European gas trading platform operated by Powernext, announced that a total volume of 129.3 TWhwas traded in November 2015 which represents its highest traded volume to date (previous record: 108.8 TWh in October 2015). This corresponds nearly a doubling of the volumes compared to last year (November 2014: 55.4 TWh).
Spot Markets
Overall spot trading volumes in November totalled 45.7 TWh, accounting for a growth of 61 % compared to November 2014. The Dutch TTF market posted a monthly record volume of 14.4 TWh (previous record: 12.5 TWh in April 2015), up 90 % compared to the previous year. The German GASPOOL and NCG areas registered a volume of 20.0 TWh in November, including 6.6 TWh traded in quality-specific gas products. The volume in the French PEG Nord and TRS market areas totalled 10.7 TWh. The Belgian ZTP area registered a record month with 642,637 MWh (previous record: 592,999 MWh in October 2015). The new locational products launched on 17 November in Germany and France reached 4,650 MWh in two weeks of trading. The total volume of 3.2 TWh in spread transactions was registered in November.
Derivatives Markets
PEGAS derivatives traded volume rose to a monthly record with 83.5 TWh(previous record: 68.1 TWh in October 2015), which represents more than 3 times the volume traded in November 2014. The Dutch TTF futures market contributed 67.8 TWh to the derivatives volume in November, hence registering a monthly high on this specific hub (previous record: 51.3 TWh in October 2015). The volume traded in the German GASPOOL and NCG market areas amounted to 10.6 TWh. Trading volumes in the French PEG Nord and TRS market areas reached 3.8 TWh. The PSV physical and financial contracts totalled 1.3 TWh. The volume registered for clearing via trade registration amounted to 2.4 TWh while the total volume of spread transactions reached 3.8 TWh in November.
Details on the natural gas results are available in the enclosed monthly report.
PEGAS is the central gas trading platform of EEX Group operated by Powernext. PEGAS provides its members with access to all products on one single platform and allows them to trade natural gas contracts in the Belgian, Dutch, French, German, Italian and UK market areas. The product range of PEGAS covers spot and derivatives contracts for the major European gas hubs as well as trading in location spread products between these market areas. This setup enables market harmonisation and forms the leading pan-European natural gas market. For more information: www.pegas-trading.com
EEX Group provides the central market platform for energy, energy related and commodity products and enables access to a network of over 400 trading participants. The offering of the group comprises contracts for Energy, Environmentals, Freight, Metals and Agriculturals listed at the European Energy Exchange, EPEX SPOT (incl. APX-Belpex), Powernext, Cleartrade Exchange and Gaspoint Nordic. Clearing and settlement of transactions concluded or registered on the exchanges is provided by the central clearing house European Commodity Clearing. EEX is part of Deutsche Börse Group. For more information: www.eex.com
Powernext is a regulated market operating under AMF supervision. Powernext manages the natural gas activities of the EEX Group under the PEGAS brand throughout Europe, and operates the National Registry for electricity guarantees of origin in France. For more information: www.powernext.com
PEGAS – Monthly Figures Report for November 2015
Volumes
Gas Spot Market |
Monthly volume |
Monthly volume – previous year |
Total |
45,749,753 |
28,460,054 |
GASPOOL |
6,667,358 |
4,972,186 |
NBP |
17,145 |
n/a |
NCG |
13,379,154 |
8,256,440 |
PEG Nord |
7,097,375 |
5,181,185 |
TRS |
3,576,230 |
2,291,400 (PEG Sud) |
TTF |
14,367,070 |
7,545,418 |
ZEE |
2,784 |
n/a |
ZTP |
642,637 |
149, 455 |
Gas Derivatives Market |
Monthly volume |
Monthly volume – previous year |
Total |
83,511,445 |
26,897,051 |
GASPOOL |
3,158,596 |
2,108,025 |
NBP |
53,339 |
n/a |
NCG |
7,473,840 |
4,607,258 |
PEG Nord |
3,272,960 |
3,337,918 |
PSV Physical |
771,360 |
n/a |
PSV Financial |
495,360 |
n/a |
TRS |
532,580 |
335,730 (PEG Sud) |
TTF |
67,753,410 |
16,508,120 |
ZEE |
0 |
n/a |
ZTP |
0 |
0 |