EUROGASSTATISTICAL REPORT

THE EUROPEAN UNION OF THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY

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Introductory Remarks 3

Definitions and Units 3

Conversion Factors 3

Heat Unit Equivalents 3

1. Primary Energy Consumption 4

2009 Primary Energy Consumption (PEC) in Eurogas Member Countries 4

2009 Share of Natural Gas in Primary Energy Consumption (%) 4

2009 Primary Energy Consumption (PEC) per capita & per GDP unit 5

2009 Primary Energy Consumption by fuel (EU) 5

2009 Primary Energy Consumption per capita (TOE) 5

2. Final Energy Consumption 6

2008 Final Energy Consumption (FEC) in Eurogas Member Countries 6

2008 Final Energy Consumption by fuel (EU) 6

3. Inland Deliveries of Natural Gas 7

2009 Inland Sales of Natural Gas by sector in Eurogas Member Countries & EU27 7

2009 Natural gas sales by sector 7

4. Natural Gas Supplies 8

2009 Natural Gas Supplies in Eurogas Member Countries & EU27 8

2009 Breakdown of EU27 Supplies 8

5. LNG Imports 9

2009 LNG Supplies in Eurogas Member Countries & EU27 9

2009 Breakdown of EU27 LNG Supplies 9

2009 Net imports to EU27 from non-EU Countries by type of transport 9

6. Underground Storage Facilities 10

Natural Gas Underground Storages at 1 January 2010 10

7. Natural Gas Industry in Figures 11

Total length of pipelines 11

Number of gas customers 11

Number of employees 11

8. Natural Gas Reserves 12

World Gas and Oil Reserves by region, 2009 12

World Reserves / Production Ratios, Gas vs Oil (years) 12

Unconventional Gas, estimated World Reserves 12

9. Expectations for 2010 13

10. The European Natural Gas Grid in 2010 14

Table of Contents

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The statistical data presented in this report has been

collected with the assistance of the national gas associa-

tions and member companies of Eurogas. Additionally,

for a full picture of the European Union (EU27), data was

kindly provided by the natural gas company from Estonia

(EestiGas). Malta and Cyprus are not included as they are

not supplied with natural gas.

As a consequence of the increasing number of players

in the liberalized European natural gas market, it is now

increasingly difficult to collect energy data. The data

shown in this report is based on available national and

gas industry information, completed with best estimates,

which Eurogas has combined to give the most compre-

hensive survey at the time of publication. Where no data

was available, own estimates have been produced sup-

plemented with data from international organisations in

order to obtain an idea of the EU total. Members of the

Eurogas Statistics and Forecasting Committee made a

substantial contribution to this report.

Comments and comparisons between 2009 and 2008

refer to the EU totals.

The gross calorific value (GCV), or higher heating value,

measures the total (maximum) amount of heat that is pro-

duced by combustion, including latent heat before com-

bustion or generated in the combustion process. The net

calorific value (NCV), or lower heating value, excludes this

latent heat.

Natural gas in international trade is usually measured on

the basis of GCV. Modern technologies in gas combus-

tion are able to capture the latent heat of condensation.

But since most current technologies of other fossil fuels

are still not able to recover the latent heat, NCVs need to

be used rather than GCVs when building an energy bal-

ance; so that natural gas data presented here in MTOE

(million tonnes of oil equivalent) is expressed in NCV.

For natural gas, the net calorific value is ten percent less

than gross calorific value.

Natural gas sales and supplies are stated in SI units,

Petajoules (PJ - 1015 Joules), because of different nation-

al gas qualities. The data is provided in GCV. In case the

Eurogas data is converted in billion cubic metres, we ad-

vise you to use an assumed energy content of 1 m3 of natural

gas of 39 MJ (GCV), which implies that 1 PJ equals approx.

25.6 million m3 of natural gas. This corresponds closely to

the weighted average heat content of all natural gas that

is sold in EU.

1 PJ (GCV) = 25.6 million m3 gas

1 m3 natural gas = 39 mega joules (MJ - GCV) = 10.8 kWh

1 Mtoe = 1 million tonnes of oil equivalent = 41.86 PJ (NCV)

1000 m3 of natural gas = 0.9 ton oil equivalent

(toe - crude oil)

1 bcm = 1 billion cubic meters

1 cubic meter (m3) = 35.315 cubic feet (cf)

1 million m3 of LNG = 593 million m3 of gas

Net Caloric value (NCV) = 0.9 Gross Calorific Value (GCV)

1 megajoule = 106 joules (MJ)

1 gigajoule = 109 joules (GJ)

1 terajoule = 1012 joules (TJ)

1 petajoule = 1015 joules (PJ)

Introductory Remarks

GJ kWh MBtu th therm

1 Gigajoule (GJ) 1 277.8 0.948 238.9 9.479

1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) 3.6 10-3 1 3.411 10-3 0.86 3.411 10-2

1 Million British thermal units (MBtu)

1.055 293.2 1 252 10

1 thermie (th) 4.186 10-3 1.162 3.968 10-3 1 3.968 10-2

1 therm 0.1055 29.32 1 10-1 25.2 1

Figures from this report may be used, provided that reference is made to Eurogas as the source.

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Primary energy consumption refers to the direct use at source, or supply to users without transformation, of crude

energy, that is, energy that has not been subjected to any conversion or transformation process.

1. Primary Energy Consumption

MTOE-NCV Oil SolidFossilFuels

NaturalGas

NuclearElectri-

city

Renew-ables

Others Total

AUSTRIA 12,8 2,9 7,4 0,0 9,4 0,1 32,6

BELGIUM 23,0 3,2 15,2 12,3 2,7 -0,1 56,3

BULGARIA 4,4 6,3 2,1 3,5 0,9 0,0 17,2

CZECH REPUBLIC 9,4 18,8 6,7 7,1 0,6 -1,2 41,3

DENMARK 7,5 4,0 3,9 0,0 3,4 0,4 19,3

ESTONIA 0,8 3,7 0,5 0,0 0,3 0,1 5,4

FINLAND 8,0 5,3 3,2 5,9 7,4 2,0 31,8

FRANCE 89,0 10,9 37,9 107,3 16,6 -3,9 257,8

GERMANY 111,5 71,3 70,2 35,1 27,8 4,1 320,0

GREECE 15,9 8,0 3,0 0,0 1,8 0,4 29,1

HUNGARY 7,1 2,6 9,2 4,0 1,8 0,5 25,2

IRELAND 7,3 2,1 4,3 0,0 0,6 0,1 14,4

ITALY 73,9 13,4 63,9 0,0 19,3 9,8 180,3

LATVIA 1,4 0,1 1,2 0,0 1,7 0,1 4,5

LITHUANIA 2,5 0,2 2,2 2,9 0,8 0,0 8,5

LUXEMBOURG 2,8 0,1 1,1 0,0 0,1 0,3 4,4

NETHERLANDS 29,6 7,5 34,6 1,1 2,1 2,4 77,3

POLAND 23,8 54,9 12,1 0,0 4,7 2,0 97,5

PORTUGAL 14,0 2,5 4,2 0,0 5,9 0,0 26,6

ROMANIA 9,9 6,2 12,0 2,7 3,6 0,0 34,4

SLOVAKIA 3,6 3,8 4,3 3,7 0,7 1,0 17,0

SLOVENIA 2,6 1,5 1,0 1,5 0,9 -0,3 7,2

SPAIN 63,7 10,4 31,1 13,8 12,3 -0,7 130,5

SWEDEN 15,7 1,5 1,1 12,8 16,8 0,9 48,8

UNITED KINGDOM 75,4 30,2 78,0 15,2 7,4 0,3 206,5

EU 615,5 271,4 410,4 228,8 149,6 18,2 1 693,8

SWITZERLAND 12,4 1,0 2,7 6,8 3,5 1,1 27,6

TURKEY 25,1 28,5 35,8 0,0 9,8 -0,1 99,1

The economic downturn in the EU had a serious impact on the energy sector in 2009. According to Eurostat, there was

a fall of 4.2% in the EU27 GDP in 2009. Compared to 2008, primary energy consumption in EU has decreased by 6%.

Natural gas in primary energy consumption decreased by 6%, oil by 6%, solid fossil fuels by 12%, and nuclear by 5%

whereas renewables increased by 6%.

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TOE PEC /CAPITA

PEC /GDP

AUSTRIA 3,90 0,14

BELGIUM 5,24 0,20

BULGARIA 2,26 0,82

CZECH REPUBLIC 3,94 0,50

DENMARK 3,51 0,11

ESTONIA 4,06 0,62

FINLAND 5,97 0,21

FRANCE 4,01 0,16

GERMANY 3,90 0,15

GREECE 2,58 0,16

HUNGARY 2,51 0,41

IRELAND 3,23 0,11

ITALY 3,00 0,15

LATVIA 1,99 0,37

LITHUANIA 2,54 0,45

LUXEMBOURG 8,82 0,15

NETHERLANDS 4,69 0,16

POLAND 2,56 0,37

PORTUGAL 2,51 0,20

ROMANIA 1,60 0,56

SLOVAKIA 3,15 0,50

SLOVENIA 3,56 0,26

SPAIN 2,85 0,17

SWEDEN 5,27 0,16

UNITED KINGDOM 3,35 0,11

EU 3,40 0,16

SWITZERLAND 3,58 0,09

TURKEY 1,39 0,26

UNITED STATES 7,06 0,18

JAPAN 3,72 0,09

Energy efficiency, as measured by primary energy use per head

of population, reflects both the geography and the industrial

structure of a country. Accordingly, it varies very widely among

EU countries. On average, the EU countries have a slightly lower

energy use per capita than Japan, and substantially lower than

the United States.

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2. Final Energy Consumption

Final Energy is the energy finally consumed in the transport, industrial, commercial, agricultural, public and household

sectors. It excludes deliveries to the energy transformation sector and to the energy industries themselves. The data is

provided for 2008.

Compared to 2007, final energy consumption in EU has decreased by 2%.

Natural gas in final energy consumption decreased by 2%, oil products by 4%, solid fossil fuels by 4% whereas electricity

increased by 3%.

44%

20%

9%

22%5%

MTOE - NCV OilProducts

SolidFossilFuels

NaturalGas

Electri-city

Others Total

AUSTRIA 10,7 0,6 4,5 6,5 3,7 26,0

BELGIUM 22,7 2,1 10,7 6,8 1,4 43,8

BULGARIA 4,0 0,6 1,8 3,4 0,8 10,6

CZECH REPUBLIC 7,9 3,5 5,4 4,9 3,7 25,4

DENMARK 7,3 0,2 1,7 2,9 3,9 16,0

ESTONIA 0,8 0,5 0,1 0,4 0,3 2,1

FINLAND 8,1 1,0 1,1 7,1 8,9 26,2

FRANCE 68,5 6,5 33,9 37,9 13,2 160,0

GERMANY 84,1 10,6 50,2 45,1 27,3 217,3

GREECE 14,8 0,6 0,8 4,7 1,1 22,1

HUNGARY 6,7 0,8 6,5 3,0 2,1 19,1

IRELAND 8,6 0,7 1,7 2,3 0,3 13,4

ITALY 66,8 4,1 40,5 26,6 3,1 141,1

LATVIA 1,6 0,1 0,6 0,6 1,4 4,3

LITHUANIA 2,2 0,2 1,5 0,8 1,5 6,1

LUXEMBOURG 3,0 0,1 0,8 0,6 0,1 4,5

NETHERLANDS 27,1 2,1 18,8 9,3 6,0 63,3

POLAND 23,3 12,1 10,2 10,3 10,8 66,6

PORTUGAL 11,2 0,2 2,4 4,5 2,9 21,1

ROMANIA 8,5 0,9 7,8 5,4 4,0 26,5

SLOVAKIA 2,5 0,9 3,4 2,1 1,1 10,0

SLOVENIA 2,8 0,1 0,7 1,1 0,6 5,3

SPAIN 59,6 2,1 17,3 22,3 4,4 105,6

SWEDEN 10,5 1,4 0,6 11,0 10,2 33,7

UNITED KINGDOM 72,6 2,7 46,7 29,4 3,3 154,8

EU 535,8 54,7 269,6 248,8 115,9 1 224,8

SWITZERLAND 11,9 1,0 2,6 5,1 1,0 21,5

TURKEY 27,5 12,8 13,9 13,7 7,2 75,1

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3. Inland Deliveries of Natural Gas

Inland deliveries represent deliveries of marketable gas to the inland market, including gas used by the gas industry for

heating and operation of their equipment and including losses in distribution.

Compared to 2008, inland sales of natural gas in EU27 have decreased by

6% in 2009.

Although the residential sector was not as affected by the economic crisis

as other sectors, it registered a decrease of 1% due to the progressive im-

plementation of energy efficiency measures and some switching to alterna-

tive energy forms. The demand contraction was however limited by the cold

temperatures and continued connection of new households. The industrial

sector was heavily affected by the economic crisis and registered a decrease

of 11%. According to Eurostat estimates, compared with 2008, the average

production index in the EU27 for 2009 fell by 13.9%. Alongside the indus-

trial sector, the power sector played a large part in the total consumption

drop with an 8% decrease. Lower electricity demand due to the economic

recession and increased use of must-run energies, such as renewables, have

significantly decreased the volume of gas used for power generation. The

damage caused by the economic crisis in the industrial and power sectors

was slightly offset by the improved economic situation at the end of the year.

39%

30%

27%

4%

PJ - GCV Residential & Commercial

Industry Power plants Otheruses

Total Inlandsales

AUSTRIA 86,9 120,1 110,8 11,9 329,6

BELGIUM 315,3 151,9 231,5 4,2 702,9

BULGARIA 13,2 39,4 32,7 0,0 85,3

CZECH REPUBLIC 140,6 161,2 0,0 8,3 310,0

DENMARK 34,6 30,3 28,7 45,1 138,7

ESTONIA 3,9 17,0 0,9 2,6 24,4

FINLAND 3,4 76,2 34,0 48,9 162,5

FRANCE 996,4 604,3 119,2 69,1 1 789,0

GERMANY 1 440,0 1 190,0 415,0 175,0 3 220,0

GREECE 17,4 33,1 84,0 0,0 134,5

HUNGARY 211,6 57,7 125,2 31,1 425,7

IRELAND 48,1 16,1 130,5 3,0 197,8

ITALY 1 218,2 600,9 1 075,0 79,7 2 973,7

LATVIA 11,2 9,7 34,8 0,0 55,7

LITHUANIA 10,8 41,2 48,0 1,1 101,2

LUXEMBOURG 18,7 12,0 21,0 0,0 51,7

NETHERLANDS 717,5 562,7 323,6 0,0 1 603,8

POLAND 208,9 251,9 43,8 40,4 545,0

PORTUGAL 30,6 51,6 88,6 24,9 195,7

ROMANIA 134,0 183,5 125,9 60,9 504,2

SLOVAKIA 92,2 86,3 11,3 10,0 199,8

SLOVENIA 11,8 22,3 2,6 0,0 36,8

SPAIN 199,9 666,7 579,4 0,0 1 445,9

SWEDEN 7,4 19,4 23,8 0,0 50,6

UNITED KINGDOM 1 504,5 660,7 1 371,2 91,2 3 627,6

EU 27 7 477,0 5 666,1 5 061,5 707,5 18 912,1

SWITZERLAND 71,1 39,0 6,5 7,4 124,0

TURKEY 314,8 241,8 656,0 82,0 1 294,6

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4. Natural Gas Supplies

2009 Natural Gas Supplies in Eurogas Member Countries & EU27

Changes in stocks: (-) Injection (+) Withdrawal

*Including supplies from sources which can not be identified.

Compared to 2008, indigenous gas production in the EU27 decreased by 9% to 7080 PJ (182 bcm), mainly because of

lower demand and ongoing decline in the mature production basins. The highest percentage of gas supplied in the EU27

comes from indigenous production, covering 36% of the total net supplies in 2009. The main external sources of supply

are Russia with 23%, Norway with 20% and Algeria with 10%. In total 56% comes from Western European fields.

PJ - GCV Indigenous Production

Total Net Imports

EU

Total Net Imports non-EU

Changes in stocks

Other balances

Total Net Supplies

AUSTRIA 66,9 36,2 267,1 -17,2 -23,5 329,6

BELGIUM 0,0 278,4 417,6 6,9 0,0 702,9

BULGARIA 0,3 0,0 83,4 1,4 0,0 85,1

CZECH REPUBLIC 4,2 6,6 322,7 -22,1 -1,5 310,0

DENMARK 315,3 -149,9 0,0 -1,9 -24,8 138,7

ESTONIA 0,0 0,0 24,4 0,0 0,0 24,4

FINLAND 0,0 0,0 162,5 -0,1 0,0 162,5

FRANCE 33,5 61,6 1 743,1 -49,2 0,0 1 789,0

GERMANY 510,0 497,0 2 322,0 -72,0 -37,0 3 220,0

GREECE 0,0 0,0 136,6 0,0 0,0 136,6

HUNGARY 111,5 38,7 320,0 -44,5 0,0 425,7

IRELAND 14,0 183,8 0,0 0,0 0,0 197,8

ITALY 305,4 270,1 2 364,6 33,7 0,0 2 973,7

LATVIA 0,0 0,0 55,7 0,0 0,0 55,7

LITHUANIA 0,0 0,0 101,5 -0,3 -0,1 101,2

LUXEMBOURG 0,0 0,6 51,1 0,0 0,0 51,7

NETHERLANDS 2 606,1 -1 561,5 559,2 0,0 0,0 1 603,8

POLAND 173,9 39,1 332,1 9,2 -9,2 545,0

PORTUGAL 0,0 0,0 186,8 -1,0 0,0 185,8

ROMANIA 430,0 0,0 74,2 0,0 0,0 504,2

SLOVAKIA 2,6 19,7 188,8 -18,1 6,8 199,8

SLOVENIA 0,0 6,7 29,4 0,2 0,5 36,8

SPAIN 6,2 -35,9 1 472,1 9,7 -6,2 1 445,9

SWEDEN 0,0 50,5 0,0 0,3 -0,2 50,6

UNITED KINGDOM 2 500,3 -187,4 1 333,5 -17,6 -1,3 3 627,6

EU 27 7 080,2 -445,7 12 548,7 -182,6 -96,4 18 904,2

SWITZERLAND 0,0 51,4 74,0 -1,3 0,0 124,0

TURKEY 0,0 -27,2 1 321,8 0,0 0,0 1 294,6

Russia23%

Algeria 10%

Indigenous Production36%

Nigeria 2%

Libya 2%Egypt 1%

Others* 2%Trinidad Tobago 1%

Qatar 3%

Norway20%

Oman <1%

2009 Breakdown of EU27 Supplies

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5. LNG Imports

2009 LNG Supplies in Eurogas Member Countries & EU27

Pipeline81%

LNG19%

2009 Net imports to EU27 from non-EU Countries by type of transport

2009 Breakdown of EU27 LNG Supplies

Compared to 2008, LNG supplies in EU27 have grown by 15%. The increased LNG capacities in Europe have contributed

to this growth as has the increase of global supply. The share of Qatari imports in the EU has significantly risen.

In 2009 almost one fifth of the EU net imports was delivered by LNG. This represents a significant increase compared

to 2008 when LNG represented only 13% of the total net imports from non-EU countries.

PJ - GCV LNG Net

Imports

BELGIUM 110,6

FRANCE 551,5

GREECE 32,1

ITALY 110,1

PORTUGAL 103,2

SPAIN 1 100,7

UNITED KINGDOM 397,0

EU 27 2 405,2

TURKEY 206,5

*Including supplies from sources which can not be identified.

Algeria30%

Egypt11%

Norway3%

TrinidadTobago

10%

Qatar25%

Oman3%

Nigeria17%

Libya 1%

Others*<1%

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6. Underground Storage Facilities

Many countries are planning to construct new or expand existing storage sites. Thus the number of facilities and working

volumes are expected to increase in the coming years.

Note: * Million m3

** Million m3/day

Numberof storage facilities

Maximumworking

volume*

Maximumwithdrawal

capacity**

AUSTRIA 5 4744 55

BELGIUM 1 600 25

BULGARIA 1 600 4

CZECH REPUBLIC 8 3127 52

DENMARK 2 980 16

ESTONIA 0 0 0

FINLAND 0 0 0

FRANCE 15 11 900 200

GERMANY 47 20 804 494

GREECE 0 0 0

HUNGARY 5 4 340 55

IRELAND 1 230 3

ITALY 10 14 336 152

LATVIA 1 2 325 24

LITHUANIA 0 0 0

LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0

NETHERLANDS 3 5 000 145

POLAND 7 1 640 32

PORTUGAL 1 175 2

ROMANIA 8 3 110 28

SLOVAKIA 6 2 770 34

SLOVENIA 0 0 0

SPAIN 2 2 367 13

SWEDEN 1 9 1

UNITED KINGDOM 6 4 480 86

EU 27 130 83 537 1 421

SWITZERLAND 0 0 0

TURKEY 2 2 661 18

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7. Natural Gas Industry in Figures

Note: Figures are best estimates available at the time of publication* In kilometres** Number of gas customers are counted by number of meters, and

include domestic as well as non-domestic (industrial, commercial and other) customers.

At the end of 2009, total length of pipelines, transmission and distribution, increased by approximately 2% in comparison

with 2008.

The total number of customers connected to the EU27 natural gas grid rose by over one million, approximately 1%,

reaching a number of about 114.6 million customers.

The number of employees in the natural gas industry was stable between 2008 and 2009, with about 266 thousands

employees at the end of 2009.

Total length of

pipelines*

Numberof gas

customers**

Numberof

employees

AUSTRIA 38 612 1 350 696 2 700

BELGIUM 69 701 2 834 850 3 800

BULGARIA 5 595 52 560 1 700

CZECH REPUBLIC 76 249 2 871 547 4 955

DENMARK 18 439 394 647 1 500

ESTONIA 2 287 42 543 297

FINLAND 2 990 36 825 350

FRANCE 229 700 11 480 000 32 000

GERMANY 443 000 19 300 000 36 500

GREECE 7 906 220 580 1 002

HUNGARY 87 157 3 545 000 5 275

IRELAND 12 932 635 297 516

ITALY 278 617 21 767 000 30 000

LATVIA 6 001 442 100 1 269

LITHUANIA 10 000 549 900 1 787

LUXEMBOURG 2 870 80 465 210

NETHERLANDS 150 700 6 800 000 9 000

POLAND 126 188 6 601 956 36 000

PORTUGAL 15 647 1 097 291 608

ROMANIA 46 899 2 833 190 28 869

SLOVAKIA 34 776 1 482 857 4 324

SLOVENIA 4 015 150 000 485

SPAIN 71 077 7 101 563 6 076

SWEDEN 3 100 47 000 200

UNITED KINGDOM 285 600 22 877 570 56 600

EU 27 2 030 058 114 595 437 266 023

SWITZERLAND 17 954 440 000 1 610

TURKEY 58 000 8 200 000 2 848

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8. Natural Gas Reserves

2% 4%5%

8%

9%

31%

41%

1%15%

5%

10%

3%

9%

57%

Source: BP

Reserves of gas and oil are usually conservatively stated. They present a static picture of what is in fact a dynamic

process of finding and proving reserves. Usually, new reserves that are found each year more than make up for the oil

and gas consumed in that year.

The ‘reserves/production’ (R/P) ratio is also a dy-

namic figure. In 1980, the R/P ratio for gas was

about 56 years, and for oil 29 years. By 2009 (29

years later), the gas R/P ratio had increased to 63

years. Oil did not ‘run out’ in that 29 year period-on

the contrary, its R/P ratio has also gone up.1980

1995

2009

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Source: BP

New production techniques mean

that ‘unconventional’ gas can now

be produced from shale, coal-

bed methane, and other ‘tight’

formations. There are no reliable

industry estimates of how much

unconventional gas there may

be worldwide. It is certainly many

times more than the reserves

of conventional gas. One often-

quoted academic study suggests

that reserves exceed 900 TCM-

four or five times the conventional

reserves.

0

North America

Latin AmericaEurope

North CIS

Middle East + North Afric

a

Sub Saharan Africa Asia

50100150200250300

TCM

Shale Gas Coalbed Methane Tight Sand Gas

Total World: 922 Tcm

Ref: Holditch SA, SPE Paper 2006

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9. Expectations for 2010

According to Eurogas’ observations gas demand in the EU increased by 12 percent in the first six months of 2010.

The main driver for the surge in natural gas consumption was cold weather, which boosted demand for heating in the

residential and commercial sectors at the beginning of the year. However, the progressive economic recovery also

stimulated gas demand. This was especially visible in energy-intensive sectors, such as chemicals and steel. Finally in

most major gas consuming countries in the EU, the improved competitiveness of natural gas prices contributed to the

additional use of gas in the power sector.

A Eurogas survey, based on a questionnaire carried out amongst the Association’s members, and covering more

than 90 percent of the EU market, indicates that European natural gas consumption in 2010 compared to 2009 could

increase between 6 and 8 percent. This follows the severe sales losses (of approximately 6 percent) in 2009 versus

2008. EU natural gas demand will recover to pre-crisis level faster than expected and much faster than economic

growth which is estimated to be at a rate of 1.8 percent in 20101.

In the longer term, the positive natural gas growth trend should be maintained. Based on the highly efficient, proven

technologies and environmental friendliness of natural gas, Eurogas expects continuing EU gas demand growth on an

average of about 1% per annum, confirming the key role of natural gas in a realistic EU climate policy.

For more information on our Long Term Outlook for Gas Demand and Supply 2007-2030 please visit our website

www.eurogas.org.

1Source: European Commission, Economic forecast published on 13 September 2010.

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10. The European Natural Gas Grid in 2010

Minsk

SofiaSofiaSofiaSofiaSofia

PraguePrague

CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen

HelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinki

Paris

TiflisTiflis

Budapest

Reykjavikykjavikykja

RomeRomeRomeRome

Livornoornoorno

Amman

Aleppo

KilisKilisKilis

Tripoli

VilniusVilniusVilnius

opje

VaVallelta

Oslo

Warsawa

Bucharestest

Moscow

BratislaBratislaBratislaBratislavavavaBratislavaBratislaBratislavaBratislaBratislavaBratisla

Madrid

TunisTunisT

Ankara

Kiev

Algiers

Mallorca

Ibiza

BrusselsBrusselsBrusselsBrusselsBrussels

Nicosia

Cairo

Tel Aviv

BeirutRabat

Lisbon

LondonLondon

Barcelona

Ferrol

Bilbao

Montoir

BactonBacton

Isle of GrIsle of GrIsle of GrainIsle of GrainIsle of Gr

Milford HavenMilford Haven

eessideeessideeessideeesside

SleipnerSleipnerSleipnerSleipnerBritanniaitanniaitannia

EkofiskEkofisk

DraupnerDraupnerDr

Tyra

HeidrAsgard

StatfjordStatfjord

BrentBrent

FrFrFriggiggigg

HeimdalHeimdalHeimdal

Fos-sur-mersur-mersur

Tonkin

PortoEmpedocleEmpedocle

Revithoussa

aaa

HuelvaHuelvaHuelv

Sines

CarCartagena

Istanbul

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THE EUROPEAN UNION OF THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY

Av. de Cortenbergh 172, box 6 • B-1000 Brussels • Phone +32 (0) 2 894 48 48 • Fax +32 (0) 2 894 48 00WWW.EUROGAS.ORG

Eurogas is a Brussels based non-profit making organization and has the following members:Asociación Española del Gas - SEDIGAS (ES), Association Française du Gaz - AFG (FR), Bulgargaz* (BG), Bord Gáis Éireann - BGE (IE), BOTAS*(TR), BP plc (UK), Bundesverband der Energie - und Wasserwirtschaft e.V. - BDEW (DE), Centrica plc (UK), Czech Gas Union - CPU (CZ), DEPA (GR), DONG Energy A/S (DK), E.ON Ruhrgas AG (DE), Edison (IT), Electricité de France (FR), EGL AG (CH), Energigas Sverige (SE), EnergieNed (NL), ENI Distrigas (BE), ENI S.p.A. (IT), ENOVOS Luxem-bourg S.A. (LU), European Gas Research Group - GERG (EU), Fachverband der Gas- und Wärmeversorgungsunternehmungen - FGW (AT), Febeg (BE), Galp Gás Natural s.a. (PT), Gas Natural Fenosa (ES), GasTerra (NL), Gasum Oy (FI), GDF SUEZ (FR), GAZBIR* Natural Gas Distribution Companies Association of Turkey (TR), Geoplin d.o.o. (SI), HMN Naturgas (DK), IZGAZ*(TR), Latvijas Gaze* (LV), Lietuvos Dujos* (LT), Marcogaz* (EU), MGE - Hungarian Gas Association (HU), Naftogaz of Ukraine* (UA), OMV Gas and Power GmbH (AT), Polish Oil and Gas Company - PGNIG (PL), Romgaz*(RO), Russian Gas Society*(RU), RWE Supply & Trading GmbH (DE), Slovak Gas Industry - SPP (SK), South Hook Gas Ltd (UK), Swiss Association of Gas Industry (CH), Swissgas (CH), Total S.A. (FR), Verbundnetz Gas AG - VNG AG (DE).

*Associate Members

Oran

Graz

GomelLida

Mogilev

Tampere

Vaasa

Poti

Sochi

Khania

Xanthi

Pecs

Bari

Catania

Klaipeda

Trondheim

Olsztyn

Coimbra

Arad

Braila

Astrakhan

Kaluga

Kirov

Novgorod

Ordzhonikidze

Orel

Pskov

Smolensk

Voronezh

Bilbao

Malaga

Palma

Salamanca

Gavle

Umea

Uppsala

Antalya

Zonguldak

Lutsk

Vinnitsa

Inverness

Lerwick

Plymouth

Vologda

AnnabaConstantine

VitebskVejle

Clermont-Ferrand

Le Havre

Patrai

Liepaja

Tangier

Bergen

La Coruna

BurgasVarna

BrnoOstrava

Torshavn

Bordeaux Lyon

Marseille

Nantes

Toulouse

BonnEssen

Frankfurt Am Main

Hamburg

Nurnberg

Stuttgart

Cork

Firenze

Genova

Lodz

Poznan

Wroclaw Breslau

Cluj

Constanta

Timisoara

Gorkiy

Izhevs

Kazan

Krasnodar

Kuybyshev

Leningrad

Saratov

Volgograd

Yaroslavl

Belgrade

Barcelona

Cordoba

Sevilla

Valencia

Valladolid

Goteborg

Geneva

AleppoAdana

Bursa

Istanbul

Izmir

Dnepropetrovsk

Frunze

Kharkov

Lvov

Odessa

Voronezh

Leeds

Leicester

Sunderland

Strasbourg

Milano

Naples

Palermo

Venezia

Gdansk

Lubin

Porto

RostovTol Yatti

Krivoy Rog

Liverpool

Tirane

Minsk

Sarajevo

Sofia

Zagreb

Prague

Copenhagen

Helsinki

Paris

Tiflis

Gibraltar Athens

Budapest

Rome

Riga

Vaduz (LIECH.)

Vilnius

Skopje

Vallelta

Chisinau

Monaco

Amsterdam

Oslo

Warsaw

Bucharest

Moscow

Bratislava

Madrid

Stockholm

Bern

Tunis

Ankara

Kiev

Algers

Vienna

Brussels

Nicosia

Tallinn

Berlin

Dublin

Luxembourg

Rabat

The Hague

Lisbon

Ljubljana

London

International associations

➤ To help improve knowledge of natural gas, of its performances and of its use;

➤ To promote the development of natural gas in Europe particularly in the legal, economic, technical

and scientific areas, to prepare studies and to promote cooperation within the gas industry;

➤ To promote the smooth functioning of the European internal gas market and to take stance

on issues of interest to the European natural gas industry with respect to international and supra-

national organizations including, but not limited to the European Institutions and to public opinion.

Objectives of Eurogas

Membership of Eurogas

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