According to the analyst, the decline in prices can be called a certain "calm before the storm."

“In Europe, the heat has already ended, and the heating season has not yet fully begun.

Therefore, it is no longer necessary to spend energy on air conditioning, and it is not necessary to spend on heating yet, since the large-scale heating season in Europe has not yet begun.

At the same time, other sources of energy work quite well.

It started to rain, and hydroelectric plants began to produce more energy.

The reservoirs at nuclear power plants have been filled ... Plus, wind power plants now provide more energy.

Therefore, it turns out that it is possible to save gas generation.

Demand for it is decreasing, so it is getting cheaper, ”said Yushkov.

He noted that in any case, during the beginning of the heating season, the price of gas will increase.

“Gas consumption will increase.

It's just that now it has decreased in the electric power segment, and will increase in the heating segment.

And Europeans can’t get away from this, so prices will go up against the backdrop of gas consumption,” the analyst added.

In his opinion, the effect of falling prices is temporary, in winter the price will return to several thousand dollars per thousand cubic meters.

“I think it will be especially hard for the Europeans.

And the highest prices will be in the second part of the heating season - somewhere from mid-January to the end of March.

Because even under normal conditions this is the most difficult period of the heating season, because gas from underground storage facilities has been substantially withdrawn by this time.

And when there is little gas in underground storage facilities, then you can extract very little from there every day.

Accordingly, you become more dependent on imports.

It will be the same this year, ”concluded the interlocutor of RT.

Earlier it became known that the price of gas in Europe fell below $1,000 per 1,000 cubic meters.

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The November futures price at the TTF hub in the Netherlands fell to $989 per 1,000 cubic meters.

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The total decrease in the cost of gas since the beginning of the day is more than 14%.