Russia's gas export monopoly Gazprom expects Europe's natural gas consumption to rise by 70 billion cubic metres by 2020, an executive said on Thursday.
«We are not that pessimistic about gas demand in Europe," Sergei Komlev, head of contract strategy at Gazprom Export told the Troika Dialog Forum. He also said Gazprom expects European gas demand to increase by another 40 bcm by 2030.
