ENTSOG GRIP SNC 2014-2023

Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland (the ”Region”) are positioned together at the heart of the European Union, so that they naturally form a North-South /South-North spine along the continent. The main advantage of this geographical location is that the Region is at the crossroads of the major gas routes and European priority corridors, therefore playing a strategic role under the perspective of both diversifi- cation of sources and security of supply. The aggregate infrastructure basis already existing and under development, completes the picture, providing the playing field for the deployment of competitive dynamics at the basis of an effective market integration. The following sections provide a representation of the gas sources available to the Region together with a detailed overview of the infrastructural features of the Region (pipelines, storages facilities, and LNG plants) and the projects under development.

2.1. Supply Sources

The main external supply sources for the Region are: \\ Algeria \\ LNG \\ Libya

\\ Norway \\ Russia \\ The Netherlands. An overview of the shares of these sources is given in Figure 2.1 (based on net aggregated 2012 yearly volumes). Norway, Russia and the Netherlands each contributed about 25% to 30% to the yearly external supply. These three sources together provided about 80% of the overall supply quantities to the Region in 2012. The share of the sum of the supply quantities from Algeria and Libya was about 10%, and a remaining equivalent share of about 10% was supplied as LNG to Belgium, Italy and France. The above-mentioned percentages are relevant to capture Regional supply dynam- ics, but should be interpreted as figures representing the picture of “a year”, possi- bly destined to change within the limit of existing (and, in perspective, also planned) technical capacities. This might happen primarily according to market signals but it could be possibly driven by external events as well (e. g. disruptions due to political or technical reasons or the specific LNG market conditions after the Fukushima incident). As about 1.5% of the quantities entering the Region exited the Region towards Spain (being the only net exit for the region on a yearly basis in 2012) the quantities entering the Region add up to 101.5%.

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