Energy Global: US EIA report: Increase in Russia natural gas exports to Europe

The US Energy Information Administration’s new ‘Natural Gas Weekly Update’ looks at the increase in Russian exports of natural gas to Western Europe. Russian natural gas pipeline exports to Western Europe grow 20%

In 2013, Russia exported an average of 15.6 billion ft3/d of natural gas on pipelines to countries in Eastern and Western Europe, 16% more than in 2012, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration, Eastern Bloc Research, and Russian Energy Monthly. Russia's natural gas pipeline exports to Western Europe drove most of this increase, rising by 20%, to 12.3 billion ft3/d.

The entire increase in Russian natural gas exports to Western Europe in 2013 occurred in three countries – Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom: Italy had the largest increase in natural gas pipeline imports from Russia in 2013, receiving 2.4 billion ft3/d of natural gas. This reflected a 1.0 billion ft3/d increase over 2012. Italy accounted for 16% of total Russian natural gas pipeline exports to Eastern and Western Europe in 2013, versus 11% in 2012. Italy can receive Russian natural gas on the Bratstvo (Brotherhood) and Soyuz (Union) pipelines, which pass through Ukraine.
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