As one might have guessed, that ended poorly.

Unsurprisingly, European gas prices didn’t take the news well. Futures climbed 2.7% to €47.49 per megawatt-hour, as traders braced for yet another disruption in a continent that’s seen enough energy drama already.

Europe’s gas supply has been teetering on a knife’s edge since the 2022 energy crisis, with any whiff of trouble sending markets into a frenzy.