Anna Shiryaevskaya

Natural gas prices in Europe slipped for a fifth day as mild and windy weather helps protect inventories from faster depletion.

Benchmark futures dropped as much as 2.6% to the lowest level in more than two weeks

With the fuel set to play an important role in coming decades, firms are working out how to lower its environmental impact.

Key companies from central Europe are pushing for a deal that will allow Russian gas to continue to transit Ukraine next year.

Three years ago, Russia was the world’s biggest exporter of natural gas and Europe was its top customer. For the continent’s leaders, access to all that cheap Russian energy outweighed any misgivings over doing business with President Vladimir Putin.

European natural gas prices posted their biggest gain in a month as the European Union repeated it has no interest in continued flows from Russia via Ukraine, following a public plea for support from a group of key companies from central Europe.

Three years ago, Russia was the world's biggest exporter of natural gas and Europe was its top customer. For the continent's leaders, access to all that cheap Russian energy outweighed any misgivings over doing business with President

With less than two weeks left until a transit deal between Russia and Ukraine expires, Europe’s natural gas market is getting ready for turbulent trading after the New Year break. Instead of partying on Dec. 31, traders will be refreshing their screens to check headlines and grid data for clues on a last-minute solution — if there is one.

With less than two weeks left until a transit deal between Russia and Ukraine expires, Europe's natural gas market is getting ready for turbulent trading after the New Year break. Instead of partying on Dec. 31, traders will be refreshing their screens to check headlines and grid data for clues on a last-minute solution — if there is one.

European natural gas prices fluctuated near €44 a megawatt-hour with little over a week left until the expiry of a key pipeline transit deal between Russia and Ukraine.