On another thread Chris Byrne wrote, "Would still like to know a good link/source for stats on western european dependency on Russian pipelines (gas, oil) or coal mines etc."

Chris, if you go to:

http://www.bpamoco.com/worldenergy/

you'll find links for multiple and varied energy stats for 1998 and 1999, in all categories, including oil, natural gas and coal. There are further links in each category with stats on such topics as Reserves, Production, Consumption, Refinery Capacities and Throughputs, and [I think you'll like this one] Trade Movements and Inter-Area Movements. There are maps, charts, and you can even download various spreadsheets -- one an Inter-Area Movement Excel spreadsheet for 1998.

If you want, and you have the capability to read .pdf files, there is also a download of the full stats in all energy areas available at this site. This puts everything in one place, but it's BIG and each page will take a little time to load so be patient. I think it's easier to access the separate links at the site, but if you want the whole shebang, this is at:

http://www.bpamoco.com/worldenergy/download/pdf/fullstats99.pdf

(Central and Eastern Europe are Russia's biggest importers of oil AND natural gas, by the way.)

There are also various Powerpoint downloads at this site with such things as an Oil Major Trade Movement Map and Natural Gas Major Trade Movement Map and much more.

If you can't find out what you want to know from this site, just tell me and I'll see what I can do to get further info for you. So far, though, this BPAmoco site has the most complete assortment of data on world energy that I've run across in one area.

I'll keep looking for better country-specific (instead of regional) info but hope this will help you and any other interested readers out for now.

-- Anonymous, September 16, 1999

Answers

Chris, you might be able to get specific answers to questions by phoning, faxing, or e-mailing them to any of the Eurostat Data Shops' contacts. They advertise that they are "there to help you with any request for information".

Check this out at:

http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/eurostat/serven/part8/8c.htm

For all readers interested in energy import data, there is also country-specific energy info to be found at:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/contents.html

Some info at this site (Energy Overview html) under "Germany", for instance, states this:

"Germany consumes about 2.9 million barrels per day (bbl/d) of oil, nearly all of which it imports, making Germany the third-largest oil importer in the world. In 1997, German oil imports came primarily from (in decreasing order of magnitude): Russia; Norway; Britain; and OPEC (Libya, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Algeria). OPEC accounts for about 30% of Germany's oil imports," and "Germany consumed 3.7 Tcf of gas in 1996, around 80% of which it imported, mainly from Russia, the Netherlands, and Norway."

Under "Italy" you can find "Italy's high dependence on oil imports has made energy security an important priority. The country imports 95% of its oil, mainly from North Africa (39% of total imports) and the Persian Gulf (21% of total imports). Libya is Italy's single biggest supplier, at nearly 600,000 barrels per day (35% of imports)."

And under "Hungary"...."Hungary is a landlocked country that relies heavily on the Russian Federation to meet its oil import needs. Russian oil is supplied via a pipeline that runs through Croatia, connecting with the oil terminal at Krk Island in the Adriatic Sea."

For we U.S. energy hogs (we rank as the #1 energy consumer in the world) there is a lot of info at our country's link, including, " In 1998, oil imports represented 52% of U.S. oil consumption. Slightly less than half of this oil came from OPEC nations, with Persian Gulf sources accounting for about 21% of U.S. oil imports during the year, down from 25% on average during 1990. Overall, the top suppliers of oil to the United States for 1998 were Venezuela (1.7 million bbl/d), Canada (1.6 million bbl/d), Saudi Arabia (1.5 million bbl/d), and Mexico (1.3 million bbl/d)."

The many and varied vital interconnects between the nations of the world are readily apparent by clicking on individual country links at this site and reading the Energy Overview.

Also, the Czech Republic, in 1997 struck an initial deal with Norway to begin importing some natural gas supplies from them. This signalled "that more than 50 years of total dependence on Russia [for natural gas] was over." This tidbit was found at Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections "News and Trends - Europe". That site's home page is at:

http://www.gasandoil.com

Click on the Site Map to find the Alexander's link and many others.

I don't think there can be any doubt that if Year 2000 problems do hamper shipping or oil refining and pipeline processes in countries which came late to remediation, the effects would be _very_ widespread.

-- Anonymous, September 16, 1999

Thanks very much Bonnie. Phew!

-- Anonymous, September 17, 1999