U.K. natural gas contracts plunged amid lower than normal demand and excess flows of liquefied gas and fuel from the North Sea and Norway. Wholesale gas for same day delivery dropped as much as 13 pence, or 59 percent, to 9 pence a therm, according to broker ICAP Plc. That’s the lowest since October 2006 and equal to $1.49 a million British thermal units. A therm is 100,000 Btus. It was at 15 pence at 4:40 p.m. in London. Gas for the rest of the working week fell 6 pence to 17 pence a therm. U.K. gas demand in the 24 hours through 6 a.m. tomorrow is forecast at 173 million cubic meters, according to National Grid Plc data. That’s 9 million less than the last working day of last week and 37 million below normal for this time of year as the recession and unseasonably warm weather cut demand.....Complete Story
