"The Western European Gas Market Outlook 2010" Published

Sept. 5, 2010 - PRLog -- European gas demand was volatile through 2009, with some countries seeing slight declines in demand. However, the longer term forecast is continued growth for the Western European gas market as new gas-fired power plants come on-stream. 'The Western European Gas Market Outlook 2010' is a newly updated management report that examines the role of gas within each of the major Western European utilities markets and analyses the differences that exist in terms of gas self sufficiency, and future growth of demand. This report provides new and updated analysis of 19 Western European gas markets, with detailed data on supply and demand balances. Each country profile features supply and demand overviews, an examination of key governmental, legal and political influences on the sector and an analysis of wholesale trading and the pipeline, LNG and storage infrastructure.

Key features of this report

* An understanding of Western European gas regulation, including local legislation, competitive conditions and market reforms.
* Gas supply data in billion cubic metres as well as production, pipeline imports and exports by country and LNG imports.
* Gas demand data by consumer type divided into residential, non-residential and power generation in billion cubic metres.
* An overview of wholesale gas trading market in each country focussing on the market owners and operators, the active players, liquidity and future prospects.
* Gas demand forecasts for each country to 2020, in addition to market trends detailing gas production and demand by sector.

Scope of this report

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Key findings from this report

* At 17%, gas plays an important role in the Austrian primary energy mix. In common with many other parts of Europe, gas is gaining market share by backing out coal.
* Belgium's pipeline infrastructure is dominated by its transmission infrastructure, which is also interconnected with the distribution grid. Both the transmission and distribution grids are operated by Fluxys.
* Denmark has been a gas producer since the late 1970's. Gas is produced by both the state oil company Dansk Olie og Naturgas (DONG) and by the Danish Underground Consortium which is owned by A.P. Moeller-Maersk (39%), Shell (46%) and Texaco (15%).
* A limited (but rapidly growing) wholesale market exists in France, following the creation of national trading zones, known as Points d'Echange de Gaz (PEGs), in 2004.
* Dutch gas has long played a key role in meeting European gas demand. The Groningen field is central to the Dutch gas production industry, not only as a result of its large size and the fact that it has the lowest technical cost of gas in Europe, but also as a result of its high swing flexibility.

Key questions answered

* How has gas production and consumption changed over time?
* Where does each country source its imported gas from?
* How has liberalization affected national gas markets?
* What are the key developments in pipeline infrastructure?

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Partial Table of Contents:

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Austria 13
Market summary 13
Supply and demand balance 14
Supply overview 14
Demand overview 16
Wholesale trading 18
Infrastructure 19
Pipelines 19
Storage 20
Chapter 2 Belgium 22
Market summary 22
Supply and demand balance 23
Supply overview 24
Demand overview 24
Wholesale trading 26
Infrastructure 27
Pipelines 27
Storage 30
LNG 30
Chapter 3 Cyprus 32
Market summary 32
Infrastructure 33
LNG 33
Chapter 4 Denmark 34
Market summary 34
Supply and demand balance 35
Supply overview 36
Demand overview 37
Wholesale trading 39
Infrastructure 40
Pipelines 40
Storage 41
Chapter 5 Finland 42
Market summary 42
Supply and demand balance 43
Supply overview 43
Demand overview 44
Infrastructure 46
Pipelines 46
Chapter 6 France 48
Market summary 48
Supply and demand balance 49
Supply overview 50
Demand overview 52
Wholesale trading 54
Infrastructure 55
Pipelines 55
Storage 55
LNG 57
Chapter 7 Germany 59
Market summary 59
Supply and demand balance 60
Supply overview 60
Demand overview 62
Wholesale trading 63
Infrastructure 64
Pipelines 64
Storage 69
LNG 75
Chapter 8 Greece 76
Market summary 76
Supply and demand balance 77
Supply overview 77
Demand overview 79
Infrastructure 80
Pipelines 80
Storage 83
LNG 83
Chapter 9 Ireland 84
Market summary 84
Supply and demand balance 85
Supply overview 85
Demand overview 87
Wholesale trading 89
Infrastructure 90
Pipelines 90
Storage 91
LNG 91
Chapter 10 Italy 93
Market summary 93
Supply and demand balance 94
Supply overview 95
Demand overview 97
Wholesale trading 99
POGAS 99
IGEX 100
Infrastructure 101
Pipelines 101
Storage 102
LNG 104
Chapter 11 Luxembourg 106
Market summary 106
Supply and demand balance 107
Supply overview 107
Demand overview 108
Infrastructure 110
Pipelines 110
Chapter 12 Malta 112
Market summary 112
Chapter 13 The Netherlands 113
Market summary 113
Supply and demand balance 114
Supply overview 115
Demand overview 118
Wholesale trading 120
Infrastructure 121

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