ENTSOG TYNDP 2017 - Main Report

3.3.3 INDIGENOUS PRODUCTION

This section covers the national production of gas from EU countries including conventional sources, biomethane and shale gas.

3.3.3.1. Conventional sources

Conventional gas production in Europe decreased by 34% between 2010 and 2015. The evolution was not homogeneous. Indigenous production increased slightly in Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Romania. The decreases since 2009 of the Netherlands by 39% and the UK by 36%, accounted for the majority of the decline in the EU over the period. The decline observed in the Netherlands is not only caused by depletion of gas reserves, but is also the result of additional restrictions on the production of the Groningen field that were introduced by the Dutch Govern- ment since 2014 in response to the earthquakes in the Groningen area.

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Figure 3.40: EU indigenous production 2009–2015. Country detail

The information on EU indigenous production has been collected from TSOs. The EU indigenous production is expected to continue decreasing significantly over the next 20 years. This decrease could be slightly mitigated with the development of production fields in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea and Cyprus  1) . However except for Romania, projects, enabling production are considered as Non-FID and are included only in the High Infrastructure Level due to their lack of maturity (see Annex F on Methodology).

 1) Cyprus does not have a domestic market and as it is located far from European markets there is uncertainty where the gas might flow either as pipe-bounded gas or as LNG. For modelling purposes it is assumed that a large proportion of Cyprus production will be delivered to Europe

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