Gazprom is interested in the possibility of obtaining the rights to the gas transportation through the territory of Norway, said an official of the Norwegian gas pipeline operator Gassco AS Tora Otto Lena.As explained in a subsidiary of the Russian monopoly Gazprom Marketing x26 Trading Ltd. (GM x26 T), the services of Gassco it would take after the operation to explore the purchase of gas on the Norwegian continental shelf. According to experts, getting access to the Norwegian pipelines, GM x26 T will be able to go to the new consumers of Northern Europe, says today RBC daily. Gazprom Marketing and Trading Ltd., Founded in Britain in 1999, belongs to a group of Gazprom . The company supplies gas to more than 70 wholesale consumers in Western Europe and about 1,000 retail customers in Britain and France. In doing so, it continues to expand its geographical presence, a line of products and services and the number of direct customers. In the short-term plans – the development of the U.S. gas market. Gazprom Marketing x26 Trading Ltd. already active in the market of end-users of European countries, said the director of the Institute of Energy Sergei Justice. It already supplies gas to the UK from the Norwegian Ormen Lange field. Apparently, the company needed, and other Norwegian gas pipelines to reach consumers in Northern Europe. In addition, we can talk about razmennyh operations, when Russian gas will change in the Norwegian. In the first phase, the volume of deliveries of Norwegian gas is unlikely to be significant, said the expert. GM x26 T, might try to deliver gas from offshore North Sea to Britain, said director of consulting company East European Gas Analysis Michael Korchemkina. Then, in the UK or Belgium it will need to sign a contract with another gas company. But most of all, daughter Gazprom , buy gas wells , sell it on the stock exchange (spot market) at the outlet of the Norwegian pipes. This will bring little benefit, but would allow it to understand how the free market, prices of which are not tied to oil. Future European market will be more free, and the Gazprom need experience to be ready for this future , – the expert believes.
