Europe energy in brief

Table of contents

• Opportunity for gas as low rainfall curbs hydro
• Bulgaria pipeline construction imminent – completion schedule remains at risk
• Algeria pipeline flows collapse
• Carbon bull run supports coal-free Easter Weekend
• Baltic small-scale market targeted by start-up of NOVATEK LNG plant
• Baltic LNG dealt blow as Shell exits Gazprom project
• Ukraine takes important step towards gas transmission unbundling
• A year after record lows, winter's end sees close to record high storage inventories
• Nord Stream 2 encounters another hurdle
• Expansion, divestment and state support – a regas round-up
• Increasing utilisation triggers possible Netherlands LNG capacity expansion
• UK backs offshore wind through the 2020s
• European gas storage utilisation drops sharply in February
• Groningen — to shut in as early as 2024?
• Germany LNG import plans progress
• EU reaches agreement to regulate Nord Stream 2
• UK's first fracking site reports stable flows of 0.1 mmcfd
• Croatia to become Europe's latest LNG importer following FID
• Spanish hydro reserves accumulate, but still run short of 5-year average
• The UK makes largest gas find in a decade (for the second time in 4 months)
• ExxonMobil backs German LNG project with non-binding capacity booking
• Gazprom offers day-ahead gas through its online auction, builds on 2018 progress
• Did 2018's end see Europe catch the start of the much-awaited LNG over-supply?
• Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) completes project financing

Tables and charts

This report includes 7 images and tables including:

• Hydro production (Jan-Apr)
• Algerian pipeline flows to Italy and Spain
• Nord Stream 2 routes around Bornholm

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• Europe energy in brief

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