| The Eastern European Gas Market Outlook 2009: | | | | been planned including the introduction of double |
| Country profiles of supply, demand, regulation and | | | | storage capacity and new cross-border |
| infrastructure | | | | interconnections with the Ukraine and Bulgaria. |
| | | | | |
| Report Overview | | | | The Czech Republic has experienced strong |
| | | | | demand growth has in recent years. Although coal |
| European gas demand was volatile through | | | | is still the dominant fuel, with 45% of primary |
| 2008, with some countries seeing slight declines in | | | | energy use, gas is becoming a key part of the |
| demand. However, the longer term forecast is | | | | country’s energy mix. |
| continued growth for the Eastern European gas | | | | |
| market as new gas-fired power plants come | | | | Slovakia is in a strong position to take |
| on-stream. ( | | | | commercial advantage of liberalizing European |
| | | | | markets due to the country’s close proximity |
| ‘The Eastern European Gas Market Outlook | | | | to some of the largest Russian export pipelines, |
| 2009’ is a newly updated report examines | | | | its sizeable storage capacity and its ability to easily |
| the role of gas in each of the major Eastern | | | | increase transit volumes. |
| European markets and analyses the differences | | | | |
| that exist in terms of gas self sufficiency, and | | | | Key features |
| future growth of demand. This report provides | | | | |
| new and updated analysis of 12 Eastern European | | | | • Profiles of each country’s gas |
| gas markets, with detailed data on supply and | | | | infrastructure including transit and distribution |
| demand balances. Each country profile features | | | | pipelines and their ownership, storage capacities |
| supply and demand overviews, an examination of | | | | and full colour maps of gas grids. |
| key governmental, legal and political influences on | | | | • An understanding of Eastern European gas |
| the sector and an analysis of wholesale trading | | | | regulation, including local legislation, competitive |
| and the pipeline, LNG and storage infrastructure. | | | | conditions and market reforms. |
| | | | | • Gas supply data in billion cubic metres as |
| Key Findings | | | | well as production, pipeline imports and exports by |
| | | | | country and LNG imports. |
| Several new gas export projects are under | | | | • Gas demand data by consumer type |
| way or being planned in Russia, including the Nord | | | | divided into residential, non-residential and power |
| Stream under the Baltic Sea, as well as LNG | | | | generation in billion cubic metres. |
| exports. The Russian gas market is dominated by | | | | • An overview of wholesale gas trading |
| Gazprom, in which the state is the controlling | | | | market in each country focussing on the market |
| shareholder. | | | | owners and operators, the active players, liquidity |
| | | | | and future prospects. |
| Romania remains the largest producer of gas in | | | | • Gas demand forecasts for each country to |
| the Central and Eastern European region. Although | | | | 2020, in addition to market trends detailing gas |
| production has been declining in recent years, a | | | | production and demand by sector. |
| number of infrastructure developments have | | | | |