4个欧盟国家天然气市场首次跨境合并

据俄罗斯油气网4月21日布鲁塞尔报道，4月20日，来自爱沙尼亚、芬兰、拉脱维亚和立陶宛的能源部门、监管机构和传输系统运营商就一份旨在建立未来区域天然气市场一体化的路线图达成了一致意见。

这个共同区域天然气市场将是欧盟第一个4国范围内的跨境天然气市场合并，它将使这个严重依赖进口天然气区域中供应安全得到加强，并增加市场流动性和促进竞争，使这4个欧盟国家的所有消费者都能负担得起天然气价格和高质量的服务。

市场一体化对波罗的海国家和芬兰来说是一个明显的获益机会，可以让他们从现有和未来的基础设施（如天然气储存设施、液化天然气终端、波罗的海连接管道和波兰-立陶宛天然气互连管道）中获益。跨境合并将消除欧盟4个相对较小和独立的国家天然气市场之间的许多冗余部门，从而吸引供应商并显著增加竞争力。

2015年12月，波罗的海地区各国政府总理签署了《区域天然气市场发展行动计划》，并邀请芬兰参与其中，区域天然气市场一体化进程由此成为政治进程。

这个行动计划的目标是在爱沙尼亚、芬兰、拉脱维亚和立陶宛之间建立一个合并的区域天然气市场，包括所有4个成员国，目标是改善市场流动性、一体化和增强竞争，确保可承受的天然气价格和高质量的服务，从而吸引现有和新的市场参与者。

李峻 编译自 俄罗斯油气网

原文如下：

Baltic regional gas market roadmap will mark 1st cross-border merger between 4 EU countries

Energy ministries, regulators and transmission system operators from Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania have on April 20 given their agreement to a roadmap establishing a process for the future regional gas market integration of their respective countries.

This common regional gas market will be the first 4-country wide cross-border gas market merger in the EU. It will reinforce the security of supply in this region strongly dependent on imported gas, increase market liquidity and foster competition, resulting in affordable gas prices and high quality service for all consumers in these countries.

Market integration is a clear opportunity for the Baltic States and Finland to reap all the benefits of their existing and future infrastructure such as gas storage facilities, LNG terminals, the Balticconnector and the Gas Interconnection Poland–Lithuania (GIPL). It will remove many of the remaining divisions between four relatively small and separate national markets - attracting suppliers and significantly increasing competition.

The Regional Gas Market integration process started as a political process in December 2015 when the Baltic States’ Prime Ministers endorsed, the Regional Gas Market Development Action Plan and invited Finland to take part in this process.

The objective is to establish a merged, regional gas market in Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania, encompassing all 4 Member States, with the objective to improve market liquidity, integration and competition, ensuring affordable gas prices and high quality service - thus being attractive for existing and new market participants.