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Spain Natural Gas
In order to reduce Spain's dependence on imported oil,
PEN
encouraged natural gas consumption. Efforts to redirect
the use
of fuels were successful, and in the 1980s the consumption
of
natural gas increased faster than that of any other fuel.
Total
natural gas demand doubled between 1973 and 1984, and in
1987 it
accounted for 3.85 percent of all energy consumption.
Energy
planners hoped to increase this share to 7 percent by
1992.
Domestic production of natural gas began in 1984 with
the
development of the Serrablo field; two years later the
Gaviota
field went into operation. In 1987 domestic production
supplied
about one-sixth of Spain's natural gas consumption, and
observers
anticipated that its share might rise to as much as
one-third by
1990. Domestic production shortfalls were taken up by
imports
from Algeria and Libya under long-term contracts. In 1988
it was
agreed that Spain's gradually expanding gas pipeline
network
would be connected to the European network, and Norwegian
gas was
scheduled to begin arriving in Spain in 1992.
Data as of December 1988
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