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European Union - Seventeenth Report

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 8 June 2004.


CONTENTS


Terms of Reference

Abstract

Chapter 1: What this Report is about

Chapter 2: Liberalisation Of The European Union Gas Market

Chapter 3: Availability and Security of Supply

Chapter 4: Low Probability/High Impact Shocks to the Supply System

Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations

Appendix 1: Sub-Committee B (Internal Market)

Appendix 2: Call for Evidence

Appendix 3: List of Witnesses

Appendix 4: Paper by Mr Alex Wilson, European Committee Researcher, House of Lords

Appendix 5: Glossary

Appendix 6: Maps
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



 
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