>Pssssst......The Mako trough isn't as big as we thought. It's only a 'minor' discovery!

Somebody better let Matthias Ruete, the European Commissioner's Drector-General of Energy and Transport know.

Q: Which other suppliers, in addition to Russia, Norway, Algeria, could the EU turn to in order to diversify it supply sources?

A: Before even thinking about that, we first have to make sure that the EU has made use of all its own gas resources. An there is a lot of gas left, as shown by the recent discovery of a gas field in Hungary with reserves of 600 billion cubic meters.

(World Petroleum Conference, Madrid 2008)

http://www.total.com/static/en/medias/topic1827/Total_2008_energies_wpc_madrid.pdf