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...

Due to a number of structural market shifts, a new context for European gas regulation has arisen. In this new context, regulation must ensure adequate investments in a gas market that is dominated by producers, where political considerations are becoming more important, and where supply...

This paper investigates the development of wholesale markets for natural gas at the different stages of market liberalization. We identify three steps in the process: wholesale trade initially develops to cope with balancing needs when the shippers and suppliers segments become more fragmented;...