The Impact of Regulatory Changes on Europe’s gas storage market in 2022
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Report summary
Table of contents
- Introduction
- EU’s regulatory response to storage shortfalls
- EU gas storage regulations prior to March 2022
- EU Storage inventory on 1 June and 1 November targets
- How will the new regulations be implemented?
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Member State actions to date
- Austria
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Unintended consequences
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Strategic Storage
- Pros
- Cons
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Commercial Considerations for new gas storage legislation in Europe
- Importance of summer winter price spreads
- Vertically integrated companies will survive!
- Further changes to the regulatory framework may be required
- Conclusions
Tables and charts
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- Timeline of regulatory response by the EU
- Storage Regulations prior to March 2022
- Inventory Levels on 1 June and 1 November targets (2022)
- Share of LNG storage capacity in average annual demand
- Remaining capacity after 35% average annual gas consumption reduction
- Germany:
- Austria:
- Netherlands:
- France
- Italy:
What's included
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