The growth of primary power consumption in Western Europe during the 1970s will once more be met mainly by increased production of mineral oil and natural gas. The high forecast for the developing use of natural gas is noteworthy, the figure suggested for natural gas consumption in 1980 being 13 Ofo to 14 Ofo of the total power consumption of Western Europe. This per 3 centage is equivalent to about 250 Mrd. m of natural gas, of which only 3 about 160-200 Mrd. m will be available from domestic deposits on current estimates. On this basis, a gap between supply and demand will occur in the...