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UK NAT GAS WINTER 2009, FEBRUARY UPDATE
Posted by Rune Likvern on February 20, 2009 - 11:05am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Demand/Consumption
Tags: france, germany, interconnector, lng, national grid, natural gas storage facilities, original, russia, uk natural gas imports, uk natural gas prices, uk natural gas production [list all tags]
This is an update of my series about U.K. natural gas. In the second part of this series, I presented the results of several simulations of the U.K. natural gas supply situation for this winter. Using these simulations, I identified the possibility that U.K. might run short of natural gas in storage before the end of this winter.
In this post, I will provide the current status and a forecast for the U.K. natural gas supply and demand for the remainder of this heating season. The present status and the outlook suggest that this heating season will end with little natural gas in storage.
Update on UK Natural Gas Supplies and Storage
Posted by Rune Likvern on January 22, 2009 - 1:03pm in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Demand/Consumption
Tags: france, germany, interconnector, lng, national grid, natural gas storage facilities, original, russia, uk natural gas imports, uk natural gas prices, uk natural gas production [list all tags]
This is an update on my series about U.K. natural gas. In the second part of this series, I presented the results from several simulations of the U.K. natural gas supplies situation for this winter which had identified the potential that U.K. might run short of natural gas in storage before the end of this winter.
In this post, I will present status as of now and an update of the simulations of the U.K. natural gas supply and demand for the remainder of this heating season. The present status and the results from the simulations are quite troubling: it appears that there is a significant chance that the U.K. will run short of natural gas in storage before the end of winter.
Ukrainian Natural Gas Crisis Drags On
Posted by Gail the Actuary on January 14, 2009 - 2:05pm
Topic: Policy/Politics
Tags: natural gas, original, russia, ukraine [list all tags]
How can this be good for gas supplies for the rest of Europe?
Gas crisis: Is Gazprom really expecting Europe to take its side against Ukraine?
Posted by Jerome a Paris on January 14, 2009 - 1:00am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Policy/Politics
Tags: gas, original, russia, ukraine [list all tags]
Gazprom says Ukraine blocking resumed gas flows
MOSCOW, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Russian gas monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM) said Ukraine was blocking gas flows to Europe across Ukrainian territory on Tuesday. "We believed yesterday that the door for Russian gas was open but again it's been blocked by the Ukrainians," Gazprom export chief Alexander Medvedev [said]
The Russian Bear?
Posted by Euan Mearns on January 8, 2009 - 10:54am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Supply/Production
Tags: eu, europe, gas, gas spat, gazprom, original, peak gas, russia, ukraine [list all tags]
With news breaking that Russia has just suspended all exports of gas to and through Ukraine, what will the impact be on Europe and why has Russia chosen once again to take such drastic action?
Exports of gas from Russia fell 6% between 2006 and 2007 according to the BP statistical review of world energy. Production fell from 612.1 to 607.4 billion cubic meters (bcm) per annum and domestic consumption rose from 432.1 to 438.8 bcm per annum leading to a fall in exported gas.
Is Russia withholding gas supplies leading to higher prices and manipulation of its market position? Or is the Russian gas supply system unable to meet demand?

Ukraine-Russia gas spat: some background and context
Posted by Jerome a Paris on January 3, 2009 - 10:40am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Policy/Politics
Tags: natural gas, original, pipelines, russia, ukraine [list all tags]
As we enter yet another episode of worried or sanctimonious articles about the gas conflict between Russia and Ukraine, it's worth remembering a few simple facts:
1) The conflict started in 1992, not in 2006;
2) Russia cannot win a gas war against Ukraine and knows it;
3) the real underlying stakes are not about Russia or Ukraine.
The EU Strategic Energy Review: maybe not so depressing after all
Posted by Jerome a Paris on November 14, 2008 - 10:15am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Policy/Politics
Tags: eu, russia [list all tags]
Yesterday, on the basis of press reports, I noted that the new EU Energy Strategy was depressing, if predictable. But today, the strategy was actually posted on the EU's website (you can find it here, with all supporting documents) and, reading it, I find it much less offensive than the press makes it to be.
For one, beyond an early reference to the current goals of "sustainability, competitiveness and security of supply", there is not a word about competition and market mechanisms in the whole Memo on the Strategic Energy Review (pdf). Not one. I was amazed. In fact, this memo, beyond a bit of fluff that can easily be ignored, is almost sensible!
Let me get you through it.
Worthwhile Videos
Posted by Gail the Actuary on October 12, 2008 - 10:57am
Topic: Miscellaneous
Tags: brutus platform, julian darley, matthew simmons, original, peak oil, russia, video [list all tags]
From Peak Moment Television, this is Matt Simmons' 26 minute talk at the ASPO convention called, "Oil and Gas--The Next Meltdown:"
Back from the future collapse
Posted by Ugo Bardi on September 25, 2008 - 10:10am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Environment/Sustainability
Tags: collapse, peak oil, russia [list all tags]

With his book "Reinventing Collapse", Dmitry Orlov reports to us from a collapse that he has actually experienced with the fall of the Soviet Union. Russia's past is our future and Orlov's book is a time machine to there.
Of pipelines and the future
Posted by Heading Out on September 19, 2008 - 10:10am
Topic: Supply/Production
Tags: azerbaijan, china, gazprom, georgia, natural gas, russia, turkmenistan, ukraine [list all tags]
Gail’s recent post on the fragility of the US distribution system and the shortages that will be imposed by refinery outages, is a reminder of our dependence on pipelines for supply. The dependence is not just in the US, though the debate over the reality of a new gas pipeline from Alaska to the lower 48 rumbles along as a part of the election debate.
Most of Europe also depends on pipelines, particularly natural gas ones, and it is because of that that I am going to take a somewhat nervous stance and disagree with a recent article by Jerome. Some considerable time ago we swopped comments about the likelihood of different pipelines being laid to exploit the natural gas in Turkmenistan, and so from that point, this post is an admission that his opinion at the time (that many of these pipes wouldn't happen) was correct. However part of the reason for this is the less than benevolent role that I see Russia is playing, and this is my disagreement with him.
My concern is emphasized by the difference in objectives of two recent trips around the periphery of Russia. First there was the trip by the Russian President, who, with Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, toured oil and gas supplying countries such as Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Kazahkstan in July. Out of that came both an agreement for Russia to buy Turkmen gas but also for Gazprom to invest in the Turkmen gas infrastructure. (Quotes under fold)


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