期刊名称：IAEE Energy Forum (formerly: IAEE Newsletter)
印刷版ISSN：1093-4243
电子版ISSN：1944-3188
出版年度：2005
卷号：4
页码：19-19
出版社：International Association for Energy Economics
摘要：Natural gas consumption in Europe has been growing at a steady pace of 5.2%/year on average. Demand reached 498.1 Bcm at the end of 2003. High oil prices, environmental policies, and developments in gas fired power generation are expected to increase gas demand in Europe. Natural gas production in Europe has been pretty constant since 1987. Although the demand for gas has increased 66.8%, there is almost no improvement in gas production capacity. Annual gas production was 194 Bcm in 1986 and is now 204.1 Bcm. Norwegian production is expected to climb to 85 Bcm/year by 2010; on the other hand, this will barely offset the substantial decline in British production starting from 20051.
