European natural-gas prices remained well supported, and ING said “the market and [EU] member countries are becoming increasingly concerned about the task of refilling storage through the injection season and the fact that the forward curve provides no incentive to store gas for next winter.

Tankers carrying liquefied natural gas are changing course in the Atlantic and heading to Europe, as cargo owners look to profit from a market hit by the loss of Russian pipeline gas flows through Ukraine.

European natural-gas prices rose more than 3%, a jump largely attributed to an outage at the U.S. Freeport LNG facility and news that Germany might subsidize storage refills this summer to ensure the country reaches its target.