Yolanda Garcia-Mezquita

. EU Security of Supply – January 2009 crises
.
Although on the EU level gas supplies are well diversified Central and
European p Eastern countries are dependent p on Russian ggas
in 60-100%
. Different level of preparedness between Eastern and Western countries
The January 2009 crisis made evident the threats of such dependence
and d th the llack k of f adequate d t gas iinfrastructure f t t such h as bi bi-directional
di ti l
physical interconnections in the CEE
% of missing gas supply
from 6 to 20 January 2009
(- 300 million m3 ( 300 million m /day for 14 days)
> 75 %
50 - 75 %
25 – 50 %
< 25%
0%
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