MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
Monday 8 March 2004
Monday 15 March 2004
Monday 22 March 2004
Monday 29 March 2004
Written Evidence
ORAL EVIDENCE
Professor Jonathan Stern, Director for Gas, The
Oxford Institute for
Energy Studies
Written evidence 1
Oral evidence, 8 March 2004 3
British Petroleum plc
Written evidence 11
Oral evidence, 8 March 2004 14
Centrica Plc
Written evidence 21
Oral evidence, 15 March 2004 24
Ruhrgas AG
Written Evidence 31
Supplementary Written Evidence 34
Oral Evidence, 15 March 2004 35
European Commission
Written evidence 42
Oral evidence, 22 March 2004 46
Mr Stephen Timms MP, Minister for Energy, e-Commerce
and Postal Services,
Department of Trade and Industry
Written evidence 52
Oral evidence, 22 March 2004 60
The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)
Written evidence 67
Oral evidence, 29 March 2004 69
The Rt Hon Tim Eggar
Written evidence 77
Oral evidence, 29 March 2004 79
WRITTEN EVIDENCE
Association of Electricity Producers 86
Professor Sir Hermann Bondi KCB FRS 87
British Geological Survey 87
ENI S.p.A, Gas and Power Division 90
Eurogas 92
ExxonMobil International Limited 93
Gas Natural SDG S.A. 96
Gastransport Services 98
Interconnector (UK) Limited 100
International Energy Agency (part of OECD) 102
Sir Donald Miller FRSE, FREng 105
National Grid Transco 106
Powergen 109
Shell UK 112
Statoil ASA 113
UK Offshore Operator Association (UKOOA) 118
NOTE: Pages of the report are numbered in bold type;
pages of evidence are
numbered in ordinary type. References in the text
of the report are as follows:
(Q) refers to a question in oral evidence
(p) refers to a page of written evidence