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United Nations Statistics Division Side Event of the 43 rd Session of UN Statistical Commission

Introduction to the report : Compilation of Natural Gas Statistics. United Nations Statistics Division Side Event of the 43 rd Session of UN Statistical Commission 27 February 2012, 1:15 - 2:45 pm. Outline of session. Brief historical background and why natural gas Main challenges

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United Nations Statistics Division Side Event of the 43 rd Session of UN Statistical Commission

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  1. Introduction to the report: Compilation of Natural Gas Statistics United Nations Statistics Division Side Event of the 43rd Session of UN Statistical Commission 27 February 2012, 1:15 - 2:45 pm

  2. Outline of session • Brief historical background and why natural gas • Main challenges • Review of international activities in natural gas statistics • Future work

  3. Historical background • The International Recommendations for Energy Statistics (IRES) were adopted in 2011 by the Stat. Comm. • Important milestone for energy statistics as they provide: • Standard classification of energy products • Internationally agreed definitions • Clear reference to other international classifications such as ISIC, CPC, HS etc. • List of data items for data collection and compilation • … • Some areas, however, need a more detailed or frequent data collection => further elaboration of IRES to improve their quality and availability

  4. Natural Gas • Increasingly important source of energy • Contribute to meet environmental challenges and mitigate climate change • Steady increase of demand and trade in natural gas • Vast availability of natural gas in the environment • Need for detailed, reliable and more frequent statistics on natural gas to monitor the market and inform decision makers

  5. Main Challenges • Measurement issueskey factors: temperature and pressure conditions, use of gross or net calorific values, dry vs. wet output of processing plants, etc. • Intern. trade: ultimate origin and destinationkey factors: complex cross-border pipelines and LNG shipping (gas in transit, temporary storage, resale of gas in transit, etc.) • Resources and reservesuse of international classifications and methods to ensure comparability of the information • Flaring, venting and reinjection during extractionnot always available information but very important for environmental concerns

  6. Main challenges (cont’d) • Statistical confidentialityDifficult balance between confidentiality and the need for public information. Additional guidance is needed to balance confidentiality and relevance of the statistics. • Balancing energy supply and demand dataguidelines to help understand and resolve high statistical differences (e.g. uncertainty of data, incomplete data coverage, different data sources/methods, etc.) • Prices of natural gasreliable and detailed data may be difficult to obtain. More guidance on prices of natural gas (e.g. correctly identifying various components, e.g. the costs for transporting gas)

  7. International activities in natural gas statistics • Annual natural gas statistics - good coverage. They are collected by a number of international and regional organizations • Detailed monthly statistics collected by IEA and Eurostat as part of the monthly oil statistics questionnaire • Well-established time series for m-2 and Eurostat collects natural gas data for member states and EU candidate members for m-1 on a few key flows. • Eurostat collects semestrial natural gas prices in EU on 3 levels of taxation and at various bands.

  8. APEC started experimental collection and publication of monthly natural gas data on production, consumption, trade and stocks • UNSD collects monthly production data through MBS ….despite increasing demand for short-term and detailed statistics on natural gas, there is a lack of detailed information on a monthly basis at global level

  9. Future work • Preparation of the Energy Statistics Compilers Manual (ESCM) in cooperation with the Oslo Group and London Group • Collection of country practices • Preparation of a Manual for JODI Gas • Development of methodological • Data collection • Training and technical assistance • As part of the implementation of IRES, assistance will also be provided to countries to issues specific to natural gas statistics • Training activities for natural gas statistics will be integrated as much as possible into existing or planned regional workshops, training courses and internships • Revise UNSD annual questionnaire on energy statistics and harmonize with the questionnaire of IEA, Eurostat and UNECE • Collect monthly statistics through the JODI gas questionnaire

  10. The Statistical commission is invited to: • Endorse the proposed activities on natural gas statistics, (i.e. methodological guidance, training activities) • Endorse the establishment of a worldwide database on monthly natural gas statistics – JODI Gas – and encourage countries to participate in the initiative

  11. Thank you

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