Natural Gas
Our gas markets
EEX offers natural gas contracts across Europe. The product range covers spot, futures and options contracts for the major European gas hubs as well as trading in location spread products between these market areas. EEX also offers a Trade Registration service for JKM® LNG contracts against the S&P Platts JKM® assessment, today's most reliable price estimation for the Asian region.
A list of market participants can be found here.
Natural gas market areas
CEGH VTP
The CEGH VTP (Central European Gas Hub Virtual Trading Point) market area is located in Austria. It is a virtual trading point operated by CEGH. Tradable contracts on EEX include spot as well as physical and financialnd futures instruments.
CZ VTP
CZ VTP is a cooperation between EEX, Central European Gas Hub (CEGH) and Power Exchange Central Europe (PXE).
Geographical spread products with TTF, GPL, NCG and CEGH VTP are also available. Tradable contracts include spot and futures instruments.
ETF
The ETF hub is located in Denmark and operated by Energinet.dk. It was launched in 2008 by Gaspoint Nordic which integrated EEX on 1 Jan 2020. Tradable contracts include spot and futures instruments.
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NBP
The National Balancing Point (NBP) market area is located in the United Kingdom. This virtual trading point, Europe’s second most liquid gas trading zone, is operated by National Grid. Tradable NBP contracts include spot and futures instruments.
PSV
The Punto di Scambio Virtuale (PSV), or virtual trading point, is located in Italy and operated by Snam Rete Gas. Tradable contracts on EEX include futures instruments.
PEG
Located in France, the PEG hub is operated by GRTgaz. It is the result of the merger between PEG Nord and TRS. Tradable PEG contracts include futures instruments.
PVB
PVB is the natural gas virtual balancing point in Spain, operated by ENAGAS GTS. Tradable PVB contracts on PEGAS include spot and futures instruments.
THE
Trading Hub Europe (THE) came about through the merger of the former market area managers GASPOOL Balancing Services GmbH and NetConnect Germany. THE’s main areas of business include balancing group management, operation of the Virtual Trading Points, and system balancing. Tradable contracts include spot and futures instruments.
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TTF
The virtual trading TTF (Title Transfer Facility) is located in the Netherlands and operated by Gasunie Transport Services since 2003. This virtual trading point is considered Europe’s most liquid market. Tradable TTF contracts on EEX include spot, futures, and options instruments.
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ZTP
Zeebrugge Trading Point (ZTP) is the newer virtual gas trading point in Belgium, operated by Fluxys since 2012. Tradable ZTP contracts on EEX include spot and futures instruments.