shift away from traditional long-term gas supply contracts, towards more short-term spot-markets and trading hubs. Although … conflicts relating to external suppliers, import dependency, declining regional gas production and the interconnectedness of gas … and electricity markets, competitiveness of gas utilisation in the energy mix are some essential factors affecting the …

This SIMAT Working Paper deals with an intensively discussed topic in the German natural gas economy: The price-link in … natural gas contracts. Because of opposite price developments of the energy commodities such as oil, coal or natural gas, the … traditionally used oil price-link is facing a reset. Shifting market dynamics in supply and demand of natural gas are the …

This SIMAT Working Paper deals with an intensively discussed topic in the German natural gas economy: The price-link in … natural gas contracts. Because of opposite price developments of the energy commodities such as oil, coal or natural gas, the … traditionally used oil price-link is facing a reset. Shifting market dynamics in supply and demand of natural gas are the …

Transmission networks are crucial for gas wholesale markets. In the past, the individual networks of transmission … attributed to differences in capacity types. We conclude that gas TSOs may not operate as pure natural monopolists anymore …

The current article claims that the recent changes taking place in the EU gas market, and namely internal market drive … and security of supply concerns, have a significant impact upon the process of natural gas odorization. The latter did not … represent significant problems in previously heterogonous and scarcely interconnected national gas markets of the EU Member …

The role of natural gas is of critical importance in the global gas markets. The last thirty years have seen a shift in … the global energy fuel mix towards an increased role for natural gas. The competition between coal and natural gas has … tremendous implications for air pollution and climate change since gas emits less than half the carbon dioxide of coal in most …

Due to the increasing European import dependency, significant additional natural gas volumes will be required. In … further gas supplies to the European market. As one of the European Union's energy policies' foci is security of supply, the … case of supply disruptions such as occurred in 2009 during the Russia-Ukraine gas crisis. This paper discusses the impact …

In the article, I focus on the goal of creating a single competitive European natural gas market. After a brief … the vision of the European Union for gas market liberalisation and its outcome. With the help of a case study from the … costs. The cause is the basic features - or the "nature" - of the gas market and the different institutional settings of …

We examine the degree of natural gas market integration in Europe, North America and Japan, between the mid 1990's and … 2002. The relationship between the international gas marker prices, and their relation to the oil price, are investigated …

Energieversorgung Deutschlands als breit diversifiziert bezeichnet werden kann. Russisches pipelinegebundenes Gas mache ein Drittel des …