The Gas Subsidy Pipeline

The report examines the relationship between ENTSOG, a body that influences EU gas infrastructure funding, and GIE, a gas industry lobby group. It highlights significant membership overlap and a lack of transparency regarding meetings and conflict-of-interest policies. Global Witness asserts that this relationship has led to billions in EU subsidies flowing to industry-favoured projects, some of which are failing, while contradicting the EU's climate targets.

• ENTSOG holds a critical role in EU energy policy by forecasting gas demand and producing the list of infrastructure projects that are eligible for billions of euros in EU subsidies and regulatory support.
• There is significant overlap between the membership and leadership of ENTSOG and the gas lobby group Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), with over half of ENTSOG members also belonging to GIE and three quarters of ENTSOG board members working for GIE member companies.
• Since 2013, gas infrastructure projects involving GIE companies that were backed by ENTSOG have received €4.13bn in EU funding, accounting for over 80% of the EU's gas infrastructure subsidies.
• Global Witness analysis indicates that €440m of EU gas infrastructure subsidies—nearly 10% of the total—went to projects that have either failed or are likely to fail.
• ENTSOG has refused to disclose its internal meeting records with GIE or confirm whether it possesses a conflict of interest policy, despite its role in dispersing public funds.
• The European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has criticised ENTSOG for being biased toward more infrastructure and identified "serious shortcomings" in its gas network plans, stating that the proposed €75bn in projects exceeded reasonable needs.
• Proposed gas projects on the 5th Projects of Common Interest (PCI) list could result in at least 213 million tonnes of annual carbon dioxide emissions, a volume equivalent to Germany's 2018 coal plant emissions.

APA

Global Witness (n.d.). The Gas Subsidy Pipeline. https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-fuels/the-gas-subsidy-pipeline/

Chicago

Global Witness. The Gas Subsidy Pipeline. n.d. https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-fuels/the-gas-subsidy-pipeline/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalwitnessndgas, author = {{Global Witness}}, title = {{The Gas Subsidy Pipeline}}, institution = {Global Witness}, url = {https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-fuels/the-gas-subsidy-pipeline/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }