Gas consumption trends in centrally planned economies

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982 · Energy (Stamford, Conn.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6495662

The American Gas Association has analyzed world natural gas consumption trends in the major industrialized Eastern Bloc nations; Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the USSR, and Yugoslavia. The time period under consideration is 1970 to 1979. Gas use for electricity rose sharply in several of the nations included in the study: USSR (78.1%), Hungary (206.9%), Czechoslovakia (460.0%) and East Germany (457.1%). Gas consumption in the residential sector rose 97.1% in the USSR and by a factor of four or more in Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Industrial gas consumption roughly doubled in the USSR, Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia and increased even more dramatically in East Germany. Gas imports were most important to Czechoslovakia, representing 95.5% of their total gas supply. This gas was imported for the most part from the USSR at a price of /2.20 per MMBtu (1979 /). Imports were also important in Poland, Hungary and East Germany, which paid about /2.25/EN DASH/2.50 per MMBtu to the USSR.

• OSTI ID: 6495662
• Journal Information: Energy (Stamford, Conn.); (United States), Journal Name: Energy (Stamford, Conn.); (United States) Vol. 7:1; ISSN ENGYD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENERGY SOURCES
EUROPE
EXPORTS
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
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IMPORTS
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POLAND
PRICES
ROMANIA
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
USSR
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