Competition in the Natural Gas Industry : The Emergence of Spot, Financial, and Pipeline Capacity Markets

Countries in Asia, Europe, and North and South America are introducing reforms to boost efficiency and attract new private investment in their natural gas industries. The trend has been to unbundle along vertical and horizontal lines and to open wh...

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Main Author: Juris, Andrej
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/03/441658/competition-natural-gas-industry-emergence-spot-financial-pipeline-capacity-markets
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spelling okr-10986-115592021-06-14T11:03:12Z Competition in the Natural Gas Industry : The Emergence of Spot, Financial, and Pipeline Capacity Markets Juris, Andrej AUCTIONS CAPITAL MARKETS COMMODITY EXCHANGES CONSTRUCTION ELECTRICITY EMERGING MARKETS GAS GAS COMPANIES GAS COMPANY GAS CONTRACTS GAS INDUSTRIES GAS INDUSTRY GAS MARKET GAS MARKETS GAS PRICES GAS PRODUCTION GAS STORAGE GAS SUPPLIERS GAS SUPPLIES GAS SUPPLY GAS TRANSACTIONS GAS TRANSPORTATION MARKET COMPETITION MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET FORCES MARKET POWER MARKET RISK MARKET TRADING MARKET VALUE MONOPOLIES NATURAL GAS NATURAL GAS SUPPLY OIL PETROLEUM PIPE- LINE PIPELINE PIPELINE NETWORK PIPELINE SYSTEM PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION PIPELINES PRICE CAP REGULATION PRICE CAPS PRICE CONTROLS PRICE RISK PRICE STRUCTURES PRICE VARIATIONS RETAIL SPOT MARKET SPOT MARKETS SPOT PRICES SUPPLY CONTRACTS VOLATILITY NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY CAPITAL MARKETS PRIVATE INVESTMENTS WHOLESALE TRADE MARKET ACCESS NATURAL GAS PIPELINES HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION VERTICAL INTEGRATION GOVERNMENT REGULATION CAPITAL MARKETS PRICING MARKET COMPETITION RISK MANAGEMENT RISK AVERSION PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS MARKET COMPETITION Countries in Asia, Europe, and North and South America are introducing reforms to boost efficiency and attract new private investment in their natural gas industries. The trend has been to unbundle along vertical and horizontal lines and to open wholesale gas markets to new entrants. These new entrants stimulate competition and the development of new markets--in gas supply, in financial gas contracts, and in pipeline capacity. Such has been the success of these new markets--especially in the United States and the United Kingdom-- that it has prompted a search for other potential markets in the industry. This Note, part of the broad effort to aid reformers by disseminating knowledge from early reforms, describes the underlying structural and trading arrangements in the gas and pipeline markets. Two companion Notes examine these markets in the United Kingdom and the United States. 2012-08-13T15:23:39Z 2012-08-13T15:23:39Z 1998-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/03/441658/competition-natural-gas-industry-emergence-spot-financial-pipeline-capacity-markets Viewpoint. -- Note no. 137 (March 1998) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11559 English Viewpoint CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research
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topic AUCTIONS
CAPITAL MARKETS
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
CONSTRUCTION
ELECTRICITY
EMERGING MARKETS
GAS
GAS COMPANIES
GAS COMPANY
GAS CONTRACTS
GAS INDUSTRIES
GAS INDUSTRY
GAS MARKET
GAS MARKETS
GAS PRICES
GAS PRODUCTION
GAS STORAGE
GAS SUPPLIERS
GAS SUPPLIES
GAS SUPPLY
GAS TRANSACTIONS
GAS TRANSPORTATION
MARKET COMPETITION
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET FORCES
MARKET POWER
MARKET RISK
MARKET TRADING
MARKET VALUE
MONOPOLIES
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL GAS SUPPLY
OIL
PETROLEUM
PIPE- LINE
PIPELINE
PIPELINE NETWORK
PIPELINE SYSTEM
PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION
PIPELINES
PRICE CAP REGULATION
PRICE CAPS
PRICE CONTROLS
PRICE RISK
PRICE STRUCTURES
PRICE VARIATIONS
RETAIL
SPOT MARKET
SPOT MARKETS
SPOT PRICES
SUPPLY CONTRACTS
VOLATILITY NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY
CAPITAL MARKETS
PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
WHOLESALE TRADE
MARKET ACCESS
NATURAL GAS PIPELINES
HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION
VERTICAL INTEGRATION
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
CAPITAL MARKETS
PRICING
MARKET COMPETITION
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK AVERSION
PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS
MARKET COMPETITION
spellingShingle AUCTIONS
CAPITAL MARKETS
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
CONSTRUCTION
ELECTRICITY
EMERGING MARKETS
GAS
GAS COMPANIES
GAS COMPANY
GAS CONTRACTS
GAS INDUSTRIES
GAS INDUSTRY
GAS MARKET
GAS MARKETS
GAS PRICES
GAS PRODUCTION
GAS STORAGE
GAS SUPPLIERS
GAS SUPPLIES
GAS SUPPLY
GAS TRANSACTIONS
GAS TRANSPORTATION
MARKET COMPETITION
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET FORCES
MARKET POWER
MARKET RISK
MARKET TRADING
MARKET VALUE
MONOPOLIES
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL GAS SUPPLY
OIL
PETROLEUM
PIPE- LINE
PIPELINE
PIPELINE NETWORK
PIPELINE SYSTEM
PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION
PIPELINES
PRICE CAP REGULATION
PRICE CAPS
PRICE CONTROLS
PRICE RISK
PRICE STRUCTURES
PRICE VARIATIONS
RETAIL
SPOT MARKET
SPOT MARKETS
SPOT PRICES
SUPPLY CONTRACTS
VOLATILITY NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY
CAPITAL MARKETS
PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
WHOLESALE TRADE
MARKET ACCESS
NATURAL GAS PIPELINES
HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION
VERTICAL INTEGRATION
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
CAPITAL MARKETS
PRICING
MARKET COMPETITION
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK AVERSION
PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS
MARKET COMPETITION
Juris, Andrej
Competition in the Natural Gas Industry : The Emergence of Spot, Financial, and Pipeline Capacity Markets
relation Viewpoint
description Countries in Asia, Europe, and North and South America are introducing reforms to boost efficiency and attract new private investment in their natural gas industries. The trend has been to unbundle along vertical and horizontal lines and to open wholesale gas markets to new entrants. These new entrants stimulate competition and the development of new markets--in gas supply, in financial gas contracts, and in pipeline capacity. Such has been the success of these new markets--especially in the United States and the United Kingdom-- that it has prompted a search for other potential markets in the industry. This Note, part of the broad effort to aid reformers by disseminating knowledge from early reforms, describes the underlying structural and trading arrangements in the gas and pipeline markets. Two companion Notes examine these markets in the United Kingdom and the United States.
format Publications & Research :: Viewpoint
author Juris, Andrej
author_facet Juris, Andrej
author_sort Juris, Andrej
title Competition in the Natural Gas Industry : The Emergence of Spot, Financial, and Pipeline Capacity Markets
title_short Competition in the Natural Gas Industry : The Emergence of Spot, Financial, and Pipeline Capacity Markets
title_full Competition in the Natural Gas Industry : The Emergence of Spot, Financial, and Pipeline Capacity Markets
title_fullStr Competition in the Natural Gas Industry : The Emergence of Spot, Financial, and Pipeline Capacity Markets
title_full_unstemmed Competition in the Natural Gas Industry : The Emergence of Spot, Financial, and Pipeline Capacity Markets
title_sort competition in the natural gas industry : the emergence of spot, financial, and pipeline capacity markets
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/03/441658/competition-natural-gas-industry-emergence-spot-financial-pipeline-capacity-markets
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