EMIS Insights - CEE Natural Gas Sector Report 2025-2026

𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗘𝗘 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻, serving as a bridge fuel in the transition from coal to cleaner energy sources. However, the reliance on gas varies among these countries.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗘𝗘 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮. This underscores the region's vulnerability to external supply disruptions. The 𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, following the expiry of a transit agreement, significantly impacted countries like Hungary and Slovakia, which had to adjust their gas import strategies accordingly.
𝗜𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗖𝗘𝗘 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀.
➤ Explore a detailed analysis of the natural gas sector for 6 countries: 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗖𝘇𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗮, 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮, 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗮 and 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮.