The European Commission set a target for its member states to get their gas storage to at least 80% full by November 1. All six of the continent's biggest economies have enjoyed their warmest October in at least a decade. Demand has been so low that during trading a few weeks ago, the price briefly went negative. That suggests holders of LNG were willing to pay people to take the gas off them.
The
G20 Summit gets under way in Bali today at a time of tensions over Ukraine and Taiwan, and worries about high food and energy prices. We look at what progress, if any, is likely to result from the high-level meeting. An unusually warm autumn has kept
gas prices low in Europe. And what a Nobel-prize winner’s work suggests about
Neanderthal family life. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of
The Economist, subscribe here
www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer