出版社：Sociedade Brasileira de Planejamento Energético
摘要：In the years following the second World War, natural gas was attnost unknown in Europe (OECD). Today, it is one of Europe's main sources of energy. Consumption of natural gas is likely to grow faster than that of all other sources of energy (Table 1). Table 1 Growth in Consumption of Natural Gas in Western Europe 10 9 m 3 % of total consuption of prymary energy 1950 2 0.3 1970 83 8.0 1995 350 21.0 2010(estimed) 515 25.0 At the heart of this success is a demand sustained by flexibility and cleanness of gas; abundant supply at prices which are very competitive with oi1 products as a result of the exploitation of the North Sea, imports from Russia and Algeria, and the growth of a very efficient transportation and storage infrastructure (Martin, J.M., 1992). But the industrial structure to which Western Europe owes this growth is being challenged and has already been abandoned in several countries. Why? Is it the price of success, that is, the attraction of a new distribution of gas rent for new entrants?
