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STATISTICAL REPORTTHE EUROPEAN UNION OF THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY

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Table of Contents

Country codes:

Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany

AT BE BG CZ DK EE FI FR DE

Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxem-bourg

Nether-lands Poland

GR HU IE IT LV LT LU NL PL

Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom Switzerland Turkey

PT RO SK SI ES SE UK CH TK

Introductory Remarks 3

Definitions and Units 3 Conversion Factors 3

Heat Unit Equivalents 3

1. Primary Energy Consumption 4

2010 Primary Energy Consumption (PEC) in Eurogas Member Countries 4

2010 Primary Energy Consumption by fuel (EU) 4

2010 Share of Natural Gas in Primary Energy Consumption (%) 5

2010 Primary Energy Consumption (PEC) per capita and per unit of GDP 5

2. Final Energy Consumption 6

2009 Final Energy Consumption in Eurogas Member Countries 6

2009 Final Energy Consumption by fuel (EU) 6

3. Inland Deliveries of Natural Gas 7

2010 Inland Sales of Natural Gas by sector in Eurogas Member Countries & EU27 7

2010 Natural Gas Sales by sector 7

4. Natural Gas Supplies 8

2010 Natural Gas Supplies in Eurogas Member Countries & EU27 8

2010 Breakdown of EU27 Supplies 8

5. LNG Imports 9

2010 LNG Supplies in Eurogas Member Countries & EU27 9

2010 Breakdown of EU27 LNG Supplies 9

2010 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 2011 10

7. Natural Gas Industry in Figures 11

Total length of pipelines 11

Number of gas customers 11

Number of employees 11

Number of natural gas vehicles 11

8. Natural Gas Reserves 12

World Gas and Oil Reserves by region, 2010 12

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

Unconventional Gas, estimated World Reserves 12

9. Expectations for 2011 13

10. The European Natural Gas Grid in 2011 14

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The statistical data presented in this report has been col-lected 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 Es-tonia (EestiGas). Malta and Cyprus are not included as they are not supplied with natural gas.

As a consequence of the increasing number of play-ers in the liberalized European natural gas market and of cross-border trading, it is now increasingly difficult to collect energy data on a national basis. The data shown in this report is based on available national and gas industry information, completed with best esti-mates, which Eurogas has combined to give the most comprehensive survey at the time of publication. Where no data was available, own estimates have been pro-duced supplemented with data from international or-ganisations 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 2010 and 2009 refer to the EU totals.

Definitions and UnitsThe gross calorific value (GCV), or higher heating value, measures the total (maximum) amount of heat that is produced by combustion, including latent heat before combustion or generated in the combustion process. The net calorific value (NCV), or lower heating value, ex-cludes 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 balance; therefore natural gas data presented in MTOE (million tonnes of oil equivalent) are expressed NCV. For natural gas, the net calorific value (NCV) is ten percent less than gross calorific value (GCV).

Natural Gas sales and supplies are stated in terawatt hours because of different national gas compositional

qualities. The data is provided in GCV (gross calorific value). In case the Eurogas data is converted into billion cubic metres, we advise you to use an assumed ener-gy content for 1 m3 of natural gas of 10,83 kWh (GCV), which implies that 1 TWh equals approx. 92,3 million m3 of natural gas. This corresponds closely to the weighted average heat content of all natural gas that is sold in EU.

The classification of the data is made on the basis of the Eurogas Statistical Guidelines available on the Eurogas website.

Conversion Factors

Units glossary: MTOE: million tonnes of oil equivalentMJ: MegajoulePJ: PetajouleTWh: Terawatt hourPcal: PetacaloriesBCM: Billion cubic metres

General conversion for units of energy and volume1 MTOE = 10 Pcal = 41,86 PJ (NCV) = 11,63 TWh (NCV)1 cubic metre (m3) = 35,315 cubic feet (cf)1 million m3 of LNG = 593 million m3 of gas

Eurogas conversion factors from volume to energy units92,3 million m3 gas = 1 TWh (GCV)1 m3 of natural gas = 39 MJ (GCV) = 10,83 kWh (GCV)

Common conversion factors from Gross to Net Calorific Value:Natural gas: NCV= 0,9 GCVOil: NCV= 0,95 GCVSolid fossil fuels: NCV= 0,97 GCV

Equivalents1 megawatt hour = 103 kWh (MWh)1 gigawatt hour = 106 kWh (GWh)1 terawatt hour = 109 kWh (TWh)1 petawatt hour = 1012 kWh (PWh)

Introductory Remarks

Heat Unit Equivalents

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.

Country codes:

Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany

AT BE BG CZ DK EE FI FR DE

Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxem-bourg

Nether-lands Poland

GR HU IE IT LV LT LU NL PL

Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom Switzerland Turkey

PT RO SK SI ES SE UK CH TK


The Primary Energy Consumption (PEC) of a country is defined as the total gross energy supply (indigenous pro-duction plus net imports) before any conversion of the primary energy into final energy forms has taken place. Primary energy consumption includes net energy losses in the production of electricity and synthetic gas, refinery use and other energy sector uses and losses (i.e. transformation and distribution losses).

Units: Million Tonnes of Oil Equivalent Net Calorific Value.

2010 Primary Energy Consumption (PEC) in Eurogas Member Countries

*Renewables include hydro electricity domestically produced, biomass, wind solar and geothermal energy

In 2010, natural gas consumption increased by 7% and renewables by 11% compared with 2009. This observed positive parallel trend is expected to continue and to illustrate the role of natural gas as an enabler of the penetration of renewable energy sources. Coal and nuclear each increased by 3%, whereas oil decreased by 1%.

2010 Primary Energy Consumption by fuel (EU)

MTOE-NCV Oil Solid Fossil Fuels

NaturalGas

Nuclear Electricity Rene w ables* Electricity

net imports Others Total

AUSTRIA 12,9 2,3 8,1 0,0 9,7 0,2 0,0 33,2

BELGIUM 21,8 1,9 16,8 12,5 3,0 0,1 0,1 56,8

BULGARIA 4,2 6,6 2,3 3,5 1,5 0,0 0,0 18,0

CZECH REPUBLIC 9,0 18,0 8,5 7,3 2,6 -1,0 0,0 44,5

DENMARK 7,5 3,9 4,4 0,0 3,9 -0,1 0,3 19,9

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

FINLAND 9,7 6,5 3,8 5,9 9,0 0,9 0,2 36,1

FRANCE 83,0 11,5 42,3 115,7 17,9 0,0 0,0 270,4

GERMANY 111,7 77,0 73,4 36,6 31,6 -1,5 6,6 335,4

GREECE 17,2 9,5 3,2 0,0 2,0 0,5 0,0 32,4

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

IRELAND 7,4 2,0 4,7 0,0 0,7 0,0 0,0 14,8

ITALY 72,1 13,3 68,0 0,0 22,3 9,7 0,0 185,3

LATVIA 1,5 0,1 1,5 0,0 1,2 0,4 0,1 4,8

LITHUANIA 2,6 0,2 2,5 0,0 1,1 0,5 0,2 7,0

LUXEMBOURG 2,9 0,1 1,1 0,0 0,1 0,3 0,0 4,6

NETHERLANDS 31,0 7,6 39,2 0,9 2,1 0,5 2,0 83,3

POLAND 25,3 55,4 12,9 0,0 8,0 -0,1 0,0 101,5

PORTUGAL 11,8 2,8 4,2 0,0 4,8 0,4 0,0 24,0

ROMANIA 9,1 6,2 12,6 2,6 4,6 0,0 0,0 35,1

SLOVAKIA 3,4 3,5 4,7 3,8 1,0 0,1 0,5 17,0

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

SPAIN 62,4 8,3 31,0 16,1 14,7 -0,7 0,0 131,8

SWEDEN 16,1 2,2 1,5 14,3 18,7 0,2 0,0 53,0

UNITED KINGDOM 75,0 31,3 84,6 13,9 8,2 0,2 0,2 213,4

EU 607,4 278,2 442,5 238,8 171,9 10,9 10,4 1 760,1

SWITZERLAND 12,7 0,2 3,0 6,6 4,6 0,0 1,3 28,4

TURKEY 28,7 34,4 35,1 0,0 12,7 0,0 0,0 110,9

34%

25%

13%

10%

16%

1% 1%Oil

Solid Fossil Fuels

Natural Gas

Nuclear Electricity

Renewables

Electricity net imports

Others

1. Primary Energy Consumption


In 2010, primary energy consumption in EU has increased by 3% compared to 2009 to 1760 Mtoe. The share of natural gas in primary energy consumption increased slightly to 25%.

2010 Share of Natural Gas in Primary Energy Consumption (%)

NL

50%

45%

40%

35%

30%

25%

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%UK HU IT RO LT IE TR LV BE SK EU

25%

LU AT ES DK DE CZ PT FR SI BG PL CH FI GR EE SE

*Eurostat figures

** Eurostat figures: GDP in millions of euro,

chain-linked volumes, reference year 2005

(at 2005 exchange rates)

2010 Primary Energy Consumption (PEC) per capita and per unit of GDP

TOE PEC /CAPITA*

PEC /GDP**

AUSTRIA 3,97 0,13

BELGIUM 5,18 0,17

BULGARIA 2,38 0,68

CZECH REPUBLIC 4,23 0,37

DENMARK 3,60 0,10

ESTONIA 3,99 0,48

FINLAND 6,75 0,22

FRANCE 4,18 0,15

GERMANY 4,10 0,14

GREECE 2,87 0,17

HUNGARY 2,59 0,29

IRELAND 3,32 0,09

ITALY 3,07 0,13

LATVIA 2,11 0,38

LITHUANIA 2,12 0,32

LUXEMBOURG 9,09 0,14

NETHERLANDS 5,03 0,15

POLAND 2,66 0,33

PORTUGAL 2,26 0,15

ROMANIA 1,63 0,39

SLOVAKIA 3,12 0,35

SLOVENIA 3,48 0,23

SPAIN 2,87 0,14

SWEDEN 5,67 0,17

UNITED KINGDOM 3,44 0,11

EU 3,52 0,15

SWITZERLAND 3,64 0,09

TURKEY 1,53 0,24

UNITED STATES 7,20 0,21

JAPAN 3,90 0,13

Energy intensity, as measured by PEC per unit of GDP is a measure of the energy efficiency of a nation’s economy. In 2010 the energy efficiency in the EU countries increased slightly to 0,15.

Primary energy use per head of population (PEC/Capita) reflects both the geography and the industrial structure of a country. Accordingly, it varies very widely among EU countries. Reflecting an impact of the partial economic recovery, the average primary energy consumption of energy per capita in the EU in 2010 slightly increased in comparison with 2009 to reach 3,52. On average, the EU countries have a slightly lower energy use per capita than Japan, and half the United States.


MTOE - NCV OilProducts

Solid Fos-sil Fuels

NaturalGas Electricity Others Total

AUSTRIA 10,1 0,5 4,2 6,5 4,0 25,3

BELGIUM 21,5 1,2 10,3 6,6 1,6 41,2

BULGARIA 3,5 0,4 1,1 2,3 1,7 9,0

CZECH REPUBLIC 7,3 3,5 5,7 4,6 3,5 24,6

DENMARK 6,8 0,1 1,7 2,7 3,9 15,2

ESTONIA 0,6 0,5 0,1 0,6 0,3 2,1

FINLAND 7,8 0,6 1,0 6,6 8,4 24,4

FRANCE 67,5 4,9 32,6 36,5 13,6 155,0

GERMANY 80,4 8,6 48,8 42,4 27,4 207,6

GREECE 14,6 0,2 0,8 4,7 1,1 21,4

HUNGARY 6,5 0,6 6,0 2,9 2,1 18,1

IRELAND 7,6 0,6 1,6 2,1 0,0 12,0

ITALY 62,3 2,7 39,0 24,9 3,7 132,7

LATVIA 1,3 0,1 0,5 0,5 1,6 4,0

LITHUANIA 1,7 0,2 1,1 0,7 1,5 5,1

LUXEMBOURG 2,7 0,1 0,6 0,5 0,1 4,0

NETHERLANDS 26,6 1,6 18,6 8,8 5,7 61,3

POLAND 21,7 12,0 9,9 10,3 10,8 64,7

PORTUGAL 9,6 0,0 1,4 4,1 2,9 18,0

ROMANIA 7,5 0,6 6,6 3,2 5,6 23,6

SLOVAKIA 2,1 1,0 2,6 2,0 1,6 9,3

SLOVENIA 2,5 0,1 0,6 1,0 0,6 4,8

SPAIN 49,0 1,4 14,6 21,0 4,8 90,8

SWEDEN 9,2 0,9 0,5 10,6 10,3 31,5

UNITED KINGDOM 68,6 2,4 41,8 27,7 3,4 144,0

EU 499,1 44,7 251,8 234,0 120,1 1 149,7

SWITZERLAND 11,5 0,2 2,5 4,9 1,7 20,9

TURKEY 28,6 12,8 11,3 13,3 7,2 73,2

43%

20%

11%

22%4%

Oil Products

Solid Fossil Fuels

Natural Gas

Electricity

Others

Final Energy Consumption (FEC) is calculated from the sectoral use of energy, for which reliable data is available with a significant time-lag. FEC figures are shown for 2009. FEC is equivalent to Primary energy consumption excluding net energy losses in the production of electricity and synthetic gas, refinery use and other energy sec-tor uses and losses (i.e. transformation and distribution losses). The major part of the difference is accounted for the conversion of primary fuels into electricity.

Units: Million Tonnes of Oil Equivalent Net Calorific Value.

2009 Final Energy Consumption in Eurogas Member Countries

2009 Final Energy Consumption by fuel (EU)

2. Final Energy Consumption

Compared with 2008, final energy con-sumption in EU decreased by 6% to 1150 Mtoe. As a consequence of the economic downturn, final consumption of all fuels decreased in 2009 compared with 2008. In 2009, natural gas use in final energy consumption decreased by 7%, oil products by 7%, solid fos-sil fuels by 18% and electricity by 6%. Oil products remain the largest compo-nent of final energy consumption with a share of 43%.


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.Units: Terawatt hours Gross Colorific Value.

2010 Inland Sales of Natural Gas by sector in Eurogas Member Countries & EU27

TWh - GCV Residential & Commercial Industry Power plants Transport Other

usesTotal Inland

sales

AUSTRIA 28,0 34,8 35,8 0,1 3,3 102,0

BELGIUM 101,2 46,9 67,1 0,0 0,0 215,2

BULGARIA 1,3 15,1 10,4 0,5 0,4 27,7

CZECH REPUBLIC 45,3 47,9 0,0 0,1 1,9 95,1

DENMARK 11,9 8,8 9,1 0,0 14,8 44,7

ESTONIA 1,0 4,5 0,5 0,2 0,3 6,6

FINLAND 1,1 21,6 26,7 0,0 0,1 49,6

FRANCE 312,3 181,0 55,2 1,2 0,0 549,7

GERMANY 410,3 345,0 175,0 2,7 0,0 933,0

GREECE 5,1 10,5 25,3 0,2 0,0 41,1

HUNGARY 61,6 17,4 36,2 0,0 11,4 126,6

IRELAND 13,3 7,0 39,6 0,9 0,0 60,8

ITALY 359,8 171,3 320,6 8,8 17,5 877,9

LATVIA 3,8 3,0 12,1 0,0 0,0 18,9

LITHUANIA 3,3 11,1 17,3 0,0 0,3 32,0

LUXEMBOURG 4,6 4,1 6,8 0,0 0,0 15,5

NETHERLANDS 203,6 95,6 199,1 0,0 8,7 507,0

POLAND 72,1 77,4 12,6 0,0 4,0 166,1

PORTUGAL 8,3 13,6 22,5 0,2 7,1 51,6

ROMANIA 40,3 67,7 32,9 0,0 6,0 146,8

SLOVAKIA 24,5 14,6 11,8 0,1 8,4 59,4

SLOVENIA 3,5 6,3 0,6 0,0 0,0 10,5

SPAIN 63,5 200,2 135,6 0,8 0,0 400,1

SWEDEN 2,2 5,7 10,5 0,4 0,0 18,8

UNITED KINGDOM 478,2 191,4 395,6 0,0 27,9 1 093,2

EU 27 2 260,0 1 602,6 1 659,0 16,2 112,1 5 649,9

SWITZERLAND 22,4 11,0 3,0 0,2 1,8 38,5

TURKEY 67,6 127,3 202,9 0,0 0,0 397,9

40%

29%

29%

0,3% 2%

Residential & Commercial

Industry

Power Plants

Transport

Others

2010 Natural Gas Sales by sector

The natural gas demand between 2009 and 2010 increased by 7,3% to 5650 TWh. The gas demand growth in the EU27 was explained by a com-bination of the severe weather conditions and partially by the economic recovery (1,8% real GDP growth1). Some general trends can be distin-guished for most of the EU countries.

Due to cold weather conditions in 2010, natural gas demand increased strongly by 11% in the residential sector.

Another driver of the gas sales growth was the industrial sector which reg-istered 9% recovery in 2010 compared with 2009.

The power sector played a large part in the total consumption growth with 3% increase. Higher electricity demand due to the partial economic recov-ery and switching to gas from other fuels increased the volume of gas used for power generation.

Even if transport represents only 0,3% of natural gas sales in 2010, volumes delivered increased by 12% between 2009 and 2010.

1Source: European Commission, EU interim forecast: Recovery gaining ground, 1 March 2011

3. Inland Deliveries of Natural Gas


Figures are best estimates available at the time of publication.

*Including net exports.

** (-) Injection (+) Withdrawal

TWh - GCVIndige-

nous Pro-duction

Russia Norway Algeria Qatar Other sources*

Changes in stocks**

Other balances

Total Net Supplies

AUSTRIA 19,2 61,9 15,1 0,0 0,0 2,8 7,9 -4,9 102,0

BELGIUM 0,0 5,1 68,7 0,0 64,2 74,6 2,2 -0,4 215,2

BULGARIA 0,6 27,6 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 1,3 -1,8 27,7

CZECH REPUBLIC 1,5 57,8 11,2 0,0 0,0 21,2 7,7 -4,1 95,1

DENMARK 85,4 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 -35,1 1,2 -6,8 44,7

ESTONIA 0,0 6,6 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 6,6

FINLAND 0,0 49,6 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 49,6

FRANCE 8,3 77,1 176,6 73,9 27,0 156,6 30,3 0,0 549,7

GERMANY 123,6 351,2 312,1 0,0 0,0 113,5 46,5 -13,9 933,0

GREECE 0,0 21,9 0,0 8,1 0,4 10,4 -0,1 0,3 41,1

HUNGARY 30,3 70,7 0,0 0,0 0,0 27,5 -1,9 0,0 126,6

IRELAND 4,1 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 56,7 0,0 0,0 60,8

ITALY 87,8 238,0 39,3 295,7 74,9 147,8 -5,5 0,0 877,9

LATVIA 0,0 18,9 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 18,9

LITHUANIA 0,0 46,6 0,0 0,0 0,0 -14,7 0,1 0,0 32,0

LUXEMBOURG 0,0 3,7 8,0 0,0 1,9 1,8 0,0 0,0 15,5

NETHERLANDS 820,3 37,4 119,4 0,0 0,0 -470,1 0,0 0,0 507,0

POLAND 47,7 101,4 0,0 0,0 0,0 11,4 3,0 2,6 166,1

PORTUGAL 0,0 0,0 0,0 26,6 0,0 24,0 -0,2 1,2 51,6

ROMANIA 116,8 25,2 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 1,3 3,6 146,8

SLOVAKIA 1,1 66,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 -8,9 1,3 -0,1 59,4

SLOVENIA 0,0 5,2 0,0 3,6 0,0 1,6 0,0 0,1 10,5

SPAIN 1,2 0,0 37,7 122,0 65,5 173,3 -2,6 3,0 400,1

SWEDEN 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 18,9 0,0 0,0 18,8

UNITED KINGDOM 665,1 0,0 285,7 11,5 160,0 -44,1 15,3 -0,3 1 093,2

EU 27 2 012,9 1 271,8 1 073,7 541,5 394,0 269,2 107,7 -20,7 5 649,9

SWITZERLAND 0,0 9,3 8,9 0,0 0,0 20,4 0,0 0,0 38,5

TURKEY 7,3 187,0 0,0 41,6 19,6 156,5 0,6 -14,6 397,9

*Including supplies from sources which can not be identified.

Russia22%

Algeria 9%

Indigenous Production35%

Qatar 7%

Nigeria 3%Others* 1%

Egypt 1%

Libya 2%

Norway19%

Trinidad Tobago 1%

Natural Gas supplies (or inland consumption calculated) are defined as: Indigenous Production + Imports - Exports + Stock changes.Units: Terawatt hours Gross Calorific Value

2010 Natural Gas Supplies in Eurogas Member Countries & EU27

In 2010, indigenous gas production in the EU27 in-creased by 2% compared with 2009 to 2013 TWh, mainly due to the increase of production in the Netherlands.

The largest volume of gas supplied to the EU27 comes from indigenous production, making up 35% of the total net supplies in 2010. The supplies from the traditional EU partners have registered a slight decrease, with Russia at 22%, Norway at 19%, and Algeria at 9%. Qatar has become the fourth EU supplier with a share of 7%, illustrating the growing role of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the EU gas supply.

2010 Breakdown of EU27 Supplies

4. Natural Gas Supplies


Pipeline76%

LNG24%

TWh - GCVLNG Net

Imports

BELGIUM 69,8

FRANCE 155,7

GREECE 12,1

ITALY 96,1

PORTUGAL 28,7

SPAIN 312,0

UNITED KINGDOM 203,8

EU 27 878,2

TURKEY 87,0

*Including supplies from sources which can not be identified.

Algeria18%

Egypt5%

Norway3%

TrinidadTobago

6%

Qatar45%

Oman0,2%

Nigeria19%

Libya 0,5%

Peru 1%

Others*3%

2010 LNG Supplies in Eurogas Member Countries & EU27

2010 Breakdown of EU27 LNG Supplies

In 2010, LNG supplies in EU27 grew by 24% compared with 2009 to reach 878 TWh. The increased LNG receiving capacities in Europe and the available global supply at competitive prices have significantly contributed to this growth. The share of Qatar in the EU LNG imports has almost doubled over the period to reach 45%.

The EU LNG regasification capacity more than doubled in the last five years. The 18 LNG terminals in the EU in 2010 provided a total nominal regasification capacity of 175 BCM per year of gas2.

In 2010 almost one quarter of the EU net imports was delivered by LNG. This represents a significant increase compared with 2009 when LNG represented only 19% of the total net imports from non-EU countries.

2010 Net imports to EU27 from non-EU Countries by type of transport

2Source: IEA Natural Gas Information 2011, page II.58

5. LNG Imports


Number of storage facilities

Maximum working

volume*

Maximum withdrawal

capacity**

AUSTRIA 5 4 744 55

BELGIUM 1 600 12

BULGARIA 1 600 4

CZECH REPUBLIC 8 3 127 52

DENMARK 2 1 020 18

ESTONIA 0 0 0

FINLAND 0 0 0

FRANCE 15 11 900 200

GERMANY 46 21 297 515

GREECE 0 0 0

HUNGARY 5 6 330 72

IRELAND 1 230 3

ITALY 10 14 747 153

LATVIA 1 2 325 24

LITHUANIA 0 0 0

LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0

NETHERLANDS 3 5 000 145

POLAND 7 1 640 32

PORTUGAL 1 159 2

ROMANIA 8 2 760 28

SLOVAKIA 1 2 785 39

SLOVENIA 0 0 0

SPAIN 2 2 367 13

SWEDEN 1 9 1

UNITED KINGDOM 6 4 350 86

EU 27 124 85 990 1 453

SWITZERLAND 0 0 0

TURKEY 2 2 661 18

The figures show natural gas underground storage facilities for peak shaving, seasonal variations and strategic security of supply and exclude liquefied natural gas storage. In some countries such as Greece and Spain, LNG storages are strategically as well as operationally significant.

While the number of physical facilities remained stable in 2010 in comparison with 2009, working volumes in-creased by 3% and withdrawal capacity by 2%. 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.

Natural Gas Underground Storages at 1 January 2011

* Million m3

** Million m3/day

6. Underground Storage Facilities


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.

*** Eurogas and NGVA Europe.

Total length of

pipelines*

Number of gas customers

(in thousands)**

Number of

employees

Number of natural gas vehicles***

AUSTRIA 39 856 1 351 2 700 5 608

BELGIUM 71 095 2 886 3 800 241

BULGARIA 5 921 59 1 700 61 623

CZECH REPUBLIC 75 939 2 847 4 955 2 700

DENMARK 20 400 396 1 500 0

ESTONIA 2 306 43 291 147

FINLAND 2 990 37 360 1 100

FRANCE 229 700 11 404 32 000 13 000

GERMANY 443 000 19 400 38 400 89 975

GREECE 6 713 240 930 702

HUNGARY 86 882 3 534 5 275 56

IRELAND 12 923 642 600 1

ITALY 283 809 22 230 30 000 740 000

LATVIA 6 035 443 1 264 211

LITHUANIA 10 000 552 1 750 190

LUXEMBOURG 2 934 82 0 369

NETHERLANDS 150 700 7 000 9 500 3 000

POLAND 127 774 6 635 36 000 2 100

PORTUGAL 15 647 1 119 600 100

ROMANIA 46 899 2 942 28 869 0

SLOVAKIA 35 003 1 488 4 026 823

SLOVENIA 4 050 150 490 5

SPAIN 74 200 7 184 6 293 2 942

SWEDEN 3 100 40 250 32 038

UNITED KINGDOM 285 600 23 099 54 178 220

EU 27 2 043 476 115 800 265 731 957 151

SWITZERLAND 18 352 445 1 550 9 600

TURKEY 24 000 9 540 68 000 3 339

Total length of pipelinesAt the end of 2010, total length of pipelines, transmission and distribution, increased by approximately 1% in comparison with 2009 representing 2 million kilometres.

Number of gas customersAt the end of 2010, the total number of gas customers connected to the EU27 natural gas grid rose by approxi-mately 1% in comparison to 2009, to reach 115,8 million customers.

Number of employeesThe number of employees in the natural gas industry was stable between 2009 and 2010, with about 266 thou-sands employees at the end of 2010.

Number of natural gas vehiclesThe number of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) in EU already today is approaching around one million.

7. Natural Gas Industry in Figures


Source: BP

0

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Natural Gas

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2% 4%5%

8%

9%

31%

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1%17%

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3%

9%

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55%

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8%

9%

31%

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5%

10%

3%

9%

55%

Western EuropeSouth & Central AmericaNorth AmericaAfricaAsia PacificC.I.S.Middle East

Natural Gas

Total proved reserves at end 2010: 187 TCM (1012 m3)

Oil

Total proved reserves at end 2010: 1383 billion barrels

1980

2010

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

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Natural Gas

World Gas and Oil Reserves by region, 2010

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

Unconventional Gas, estimated World Reserves (in TCM)New production techniques mean that ‘unconventional’ gas can now be produced from shale, coalbed methane, and other ‘tight’ formations. It is difficult to predict the reserves and how much is recoverable. There are no reli-able industry estimates of how much unconventional gas there may be worldwide. Volumes are believed to be many times larger than the conventional reserves referred to above.

In 1980, the R/P ratio for gas was about 56 years, and for oil 29 years. By 2010 (30 years later), the gas R/P ratio had increased to 59 years. This reflects the fact that discovery of gas reserves has outstripped production and use of gas.

Coalbed methane

Conventional gas

Tight

Shale

10

85

40

110North America

70

40

60South America

58 10

23Europe

91

120

70

Middle East & Africa

58

112

2650

Former Soviet Union

1649 51

199Asia Pacific

NBConventional gas: proved reservesUnconventional gas : resources

Sources: BP Statistical Review 2011 - Proved reserves; Kawata & Fujita, GDF SUEZGlobal Gas & LNG and EIA/Advanced Resources International - Unconventional gas reserves

8. Natural Gas Reserves


According to Eurogas estimates, gas demand in the EU decreased by 9% (around 25 bcm)3 in the first six months of 2011 compared with the same period in 2010. The main driver for the decline in natural gas consumption was the mild temperature in the first half of the year, compared with the very cold weather in early 2010.

In particular in the residential and commercial sector, gas consumption in the first quarter of 2011 was significantly below the 2010 level, as the beginning of 2011 was not characterised by extraordinarily cold days. The decline in gas demand this year so far has been sharper in countries where home and office heating makes up a large share of gas demand.

In addition, in the power sector, the market conditions have favoured coal consumption so far through 2011, more than in 2010.

In the industrial sector, the gas consumption has been flat compared with 2010. Indeed, although the EU-27’s industrial production index showed signs of partial recovery at the beginning of 20114, the mild temperature of the first half of 2011 counterbalanced this effect.

Taking 2011 as a whole, the consumption of gas should be lower compared with 2010. Given the exceptionally cold weather conditions throughout 2010, the coldest year in western and northern Europe since 19965, preliminary estimates indicate an overall reduction of 5-7% compared with last year, which would correspond to an annual consumption in 2011 of 495-485 bcm.

Over time, Eurogas expects that natural gas demand will resume its growth. Based on the highly efficient, proven technologies and environmental friendliness of natural gas, Eurogas anticipates that gas will continue playing a key role in energy supply and contribution to a realistic EU climate policy.

3 Based on terawatt hours, the applied calorific values (10,83 kWh/cubic metre GCV; 11,63 TWh/MTOE NCV; NCV = 0,9 GCV) are representing a European average.

4 Eurostat, Industrial output in the EU and Euro area - Issue number 36/2011 5 World Meteorological Organization

9. Expectations for 2011


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10. The European Natural Gas Grid in 2011


Notes


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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.

Membership of Eurogas

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

*Associate Members

Objectives of Eurogas

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