ENTSOG Southern Corridor (SC) Gas Regional Investment Plan (GRIP) 2014-2023 / Main Report

STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT

\\ The report is structured in five main parts dealing with: \\ Gas Demand: Historical data one presented and recent trends are shown, especially on the use of gas for power generation. \\ Gas Supply: The gas sources supplying the Region are presented together with the trend and forecast for national production. Reference is also made to new potential gas sources in the Region as well as to non-conventional gas sources. \\ Market Analysis: In this part import prices are compared among various areas of the Region and capacity reservation at IPs is presented in order for congest- ed or potentially congested IPs to be identified. \\ Role of the Region in the development of the EU infrastructure: Reference is made to the very large projects in the Region and their contribution to the EU’s security of supply. Moreover smaller project are also presented mainly those in- cluded in the PCI list, adopted by the European Commission in September 2013, grouped according to their rationale. \\ Network assessment: In this part the results of the network modelling are pre- sented along with the indicators for the infrastructure Resilience Assessment and the Supply Source Dependence Assessment. In the Appendices we present: \\ Country profiles \\ Project information \\ Demand data The TSOs of the Region hope that this document will help the market assess the candidate infrastructure projects and provide useful information to all stakeholders.

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Southern Corridor GRIP 2014–2023