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Gron<strong>in</strong>gen (Dutch) & Russian/Soviet<br />

LTGEC Models: Differences & Similarities<br />

Contract<br />

duration<br />

Delivery<br />

po<strong>in</strong>t<br />

Pric<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Gron<strong>in</strong>gen<br />

LTGEC<br />

model<br />

(s<strong>in</strong>ce 1962)<br />

Russian / Soviet LTGEC<br />

model (s<strong>in</strong>ce 1968)<br />

Russian / Soviet specifics<br />

(why Russian /Soviet LTGEC<br />

model differs from Gron<strong>in</strong>gen<br />

LTGEC model)<br />

Long-term Longer-term Larger West Siberian fields & unit<br />

CAPEX, longer transportation<br />

distances & pay-back periods<br />

Upstream <strong>to</strong><br />

end-user<br />

Upstream <strong>to</strong> end-user - on EU-15<br />

border; one delivery po<strong>in</strong>t served<br />

for few f<strong>in</strong>al consumers<br />

Replacement value (RFO + LFO) + net-back <strong>to</strong><br />

delivery po<strong>in</strong>t + regular price review + m<strong>in</strong>imum pay<br />

obligation (take-and/or-pay)<br />

His<strong>to</strong>rically: on political border between<br />

East & West<br />

West: both for <strong>export</strong> & domestic<br />

sales;<br />

East: only for <strong>export</strong> sales<br />

Protection<br />

from price<br />

arbitrage<br />

Role of<br />

transit<br />

Dest<strong>in</strong>ation clauses<br />

None (m<strong>in</strong>imal)<br />

Significant – especially after<br />

dissolution of COMECON &<br />

USSR & after EU expansion<br />

More important s<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>in</strong> one delivery<br />

po<strong>in</strong>t - few contracts with much more<br />

differ<strong>in</strong>g <strong>export</strong> prices dest<strong>in</strong>ed for<br />

different markets<br />

New sovereign states appeared<br />

upstream <strong>to</strong> his<strong>to</strong>rical delivery po<strong>in</strong>ts +<br />

new <strong>ru</strong>les discrim<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g transit<br />

A.<strong>Konoplyanik</strong>, UNECE <strong>Gas</strong> Work<strong>in</strong>g Group Experts Meet<strong>in</strong>g, Moscow, 30.03.2010 Slide 16

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