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Russian gas and European energy policy - a reprise | 20 comments (20 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Countries that have an energy policy (4.00 / 3)

Austria, France, Germany and Italy have built gas storage facilities that are close to 25% of their annual consumption. It is not the case for UK...

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Sun Aug 24th, 2008 at 12:07:28 PM EST

Re: Countries that have an energy policy (none / 1)

Source: Le stockage de gaz naturel en France et en Europe.

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Sun Aug 24th, 2008 at 12:09:30 PM EST
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Speaking of storage (4.00 / 3)

one of the more interesting aspects of Russian-Ukrainian gas disputes is that most of the useful storage capacity of the Soviet gas system was (and still is) in Western Ukraine: it's ideally located to help make exports smoother over the year by allowing to strain the Russian network less during the winter months. But of course, it is under Ukrainian control. So the basic logistics of Russian exports depend on Ukrainian good will;
GDF has long seen its storage capacity as a strategic (and valuable) resource, and has fought very hard to keep control of it rather than let it pass under the control of the network operator.
I'll also note that France has, coincidentally (lol), storage capacity which is equal to its yearly imports from Russia.

But strategic thinking is so passé.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun Aug 24th, 2008 at 01:31:44 PM EST
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