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Mysteries of the allocation of transmission capacities of the Slovak-­Hungarian gas interconnector pipelinePublished: 1 of March, 2015

The construction of the long-awaited Slovak-Hungarian gas interconnector pipeline is now completed. Although there are still technical issues to resolve, they cannot be blamed for why the commercial operation has not commenced yet. In January 2015, once ...

The end of the mega­pipeline era:Post­-South Stream implications for Central and South Eastern EuropePublished: 1 of March, 2015

Shortly after the sudden cancellation of South Stream, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller announced it would be replaced by a pipeline of the same capacity (63 bcm) delivered to Turkey across the Black Sea (13 bcm to the Turkish market replacing the trans-Balkan ...

Short­-term flexibility of the European gas infrastructurePublished: 1 of December, 2014

In our short piece, we evaluate the potential flexibility of the European gas infrastructure. First, we will first give a bird’s eye view on the total available flexibility measures. This simple review gives us the possibility to narrow down the scope of ...

Natural gas prices in Europe:What does the summer price drop allow?Published: 1 of September, 2014

Western European spot markets sufferes rarely experienced price drop during the spring of 2014: NBP, the trend setting exchange platform for continental markets, have seen a price decrease of 40% within just a few months. As a consequence the ...

Impact of the possible embargo situation related to the ongoing Ukrainian crisisPublished: 1 of June, 2014

Our article we take a close look at the security of supply risks generated by the recurring political crisis between the Ukraine and Russia. If the delivery of gas is suspended or a trade ban is imposed, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe will ...

Overcoming preliminary challenges to the shale gas in EuropePublished: 1 of June, 2014

Our article we scrutinise the present situation and the expected future of European shale gas production. We briefly review the shale gas extraction related regulatory attitude of the European Commission and the EU member states, then using the examples ...

The second utility bill cutPublished: 1 of March, 2014

Our article we take a look at the second round of the utility bill cut, and in particular the November 2013 reduction of the price of electricity and natural gas. In addition to inspecting the impact that the utility bill cut delivered to the revenue of ...

Energy Infrastructure Projects of Energy Community InterestPublished: 1 of September, 2013

As we have previously indicated, the EU selects infrastructure development projects which enjoy priority on the community level based on a development plan. The Energy Community has also started shortlisting the electricity and natural gas infrastructure ...

Opportunities in a globalising marketEuropean LNG imports until 2020Published: 1 of September, 2013

In this article we consider the increasing influence of the global LNG markets on Europe. The growth of gas demand in Europe is accompanied by the plunge in domestic production and expansion of international supply, so European LNG imports are facing a ...

Gas fired power plants: edging lowerPublished: 1 of June, 2013

Our article looks at the reasons behind the distressed market position of our natural gas fired power plants. Due to the trends in world energy prices for the last two years gas based producers are not only unable to recover their investment costs, they ...