The formation of natural gas prices charged to very large industrial users in Serbia according to standards of the European union

Abstract

Natural gas is a primary energy resource with the indicated highest annual growth of global demand and consumption in all recent forecasts. The chemical industry is a leading non-seasonal consumer of natural gas, mainly because it utilizes natural gas both for energy and as a feedstock. Specifically, these major and established gas consumers in chemical industry enjoy worldwide a recognized status of "privileged clients" of gas industry and as such have been granted the most favorable commercial terms. Unfortunately, that is not the case in Serbia. This paper emphasizes the economic logic and rationale of demands of major industrial users regarding harmonization of gas prices with EU standards.

Prirodni gas je konvencionalni primarni energent sa projektovanim najdinamičnijim globalnim rastom potrošnje. Vrlo veliki i kontinualni industrijski potrošači prirodnog gasa, a posebno oni iz oblasti bazne hemijske industrije koji gas troše i kao energent i kao sirovinu, svuda u svetu su klijenti kojima industrija gasa posvećuje posebnu pažnju i obezbeđuje najpovoljniji komercijalni status. Nažalost, samo u Srbiji nije taj slučaj. Ovaj rad pokušava da još jednom naglasi ekonomsku logiku opravdanih zahteva vrlo velikih potrošača u srpskoj industriji za harmonizacijom cena prirodnog gasa saglasno standardima EU.