The drop has a number of causes, but the main one seems to be that a lot of speculation has disappeared from the market. This had arisen because gas traders expected that a lot of gas would have to be purchased next summer to replenish Europe's empty gas reserves. Combined with a limited supply of natural gas, that drove the price up sharply in recent months. 'That was almost excessively oversold,' said Hans van Cleef, energy analyst at consultancy Publieke Zaken.

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