§ Mr. John H. Osbornasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list in the Official Report, from information available to him, the gas and oil pipelines, whether constructed, under construction, or awaiting approval, into each EEC member country from third countries, indicating the percentage consumption in each country they are able to supply, as well as providing the total figures for the EEC.
§ Mr. GrayIn 1978, the latest year for which detailed figures are available, nat-
Petajoules* Source Norwegian C.S. USSR Belgium 55.0 (13.9 per cent.) — Federal Republic of Germany 204.7 (10.6 per cent.) 300.7 (15.6 per cent.) France 67.9 (7.7 per cent.) — Italy — 314.7 (30.1 per cent.) Netherlands 103.9 (6.9 per cent.) — United Kingdom 170.6 (9.9 per cent.) — European Community 602.1 (8 0 per cent.) 615.4 (8.2 per cent.) * 1 petajoule= 9.478 million therms. Natural gas pipelines from the USSR to France and from Algeria to Italy are under construction.
The only oil pipeline into the European Community runs from the Ekofisk field on the Norwegian continental shelf to Teesside. However, the international agreement regulating the transmission of this oil (Cmnd. 5423, September 1973) requires that no obstacle shall be placed in the way of transportation of this oil to Norway nor any customs charges be made on the oil. Some of the oil is used in United Kingdom refineries; in 1979 only 3½ million tonnes of Ekofisk oil was
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITY CONSUMPTION AND IMPORTS OF NATURAL GAS IN 1979 1 2 3 Gross inland consumption Imports from third-party countries 2 × 100— Petajoules * (joules × 1015) (gross calorific value) 1 Per cent. Federal Republic of Germany … 2,122 611 28.8 France … 970 203 20.9 Italy … 1,028 399 38.9 Netherlands … 1,535 101 6.6 Belgium … 433 76 17.4 Luxembourg … 22 — — United Kingdom … 1,847 349 18.9 Ireland … 21 — — Denmark … — — — EUROPE 9 … 7,978 1,739 21.8 Source: Eurostat Hydrocarbons monthly bulletin May 1980. * 1 petajoule= 9.478 million therms. ural gas entered the European Community via pipelines from the USSR to the Federal Republic of Germany and Italy; and from the Norwegian continental shelf to the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom. Some of the Norwegian gas landed in the Federal Republic of Germany was transmitted onward to Belgium, France and the Netherlands.
The following figures, taken mainly from Community documents, indicate the amount of these imports and their contribution to total natural gas consumption in the countries concerned and the European Community as a whole:
used here, meeting 3 per cent. of United Kingdom crude consumption.