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The Economics of the Nord Stream Pipeline System

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  • Chi Kong Chyong

    (Electricity Policy Research Group (EPRG), Judge Business School, University of Cambridge)

  • Pierre No?l

    (EPRG, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge)

  • David M. Reiner

    (EPRG, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge)

Abstract

We calculate the total cost of building Nord Stream and compare its levelised unit transportation cost with the existing options to transport Russian gas to western Europe. We find that the unit cost of shipping through Nord Stream is clearly lower than using the Ukrainian route and is only slightly above shipping through the Yamal-Europe pipeline. Using a large-scale gas simulation model we find a positive economic value for Nord Stream under various scenarios of demand for Russian gas in Europe. We disaggregate the value of Nord Stream into project economics (cost advantage), strategic value (impact on Ukraine’s transit fee) and security of supply value (insurance against disruption of the Ukrainian transit corridor). The economic fundamentals account for the bulk of Nord Stream’s positive value in all our scenarios.
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  • Chi Kong Chyong & Pierre No?l & David M. Reiner, 2010. "The Economics of the Nord Stream Pipeline System," Working Papers EPRG 1026, Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
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    1. Maroeska G. Boots, Fieke A.M. Rijkers and Benjamin F. Hobbs, 2004. "Trading in the Downstream European Gas Market: A Successive Oligopoly Approach," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 0(Number 3), pages 73-102.
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    Keywords

    Nord Stream; Russia; Europe; Ukraine; Natural gas; Pipeline; Gazprom;
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    JEL classification:

    • L95 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Gas Utilities; Pipelines; Water Utilities
    • H43 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate
    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques

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