JieTongShe on May 1, according to data released by the Czech natural gas pipeline operators Net4Gas company, last year the Czech gas transit traffic fell to 35.6 billion cubic meters, down by 15% year-on-year, to the lowest level since 2012. Gas shipments in the Czech republic rose to 8.3 billion cubic meters in 2016, up 9 percent from a year earlier. Over the same period, domestic gas consumption in the Czech republic increased by 8.5% to 8.26bn cubic metres.

        Analysts pointed out that the transit of natural gas is the main reason for decline in volume of gas giants in the international market to take the new way of strategy, supply route and transit. Central and eastern Europe the transit of natural gas mainly depends on long-term contracts, however, because the buyer can easily Commodity Exchange to buy gas from Germany, long-term import contract has not been important more and more.

        Currently, the Czech gas comes mainly from Russia, and a small portion comes from Norway. Czech hope through the natural gas supply contracts with Norway can reduce its reliance on Russia's single market, however, because of the natural gas provided by Russia and Norway on the parameters is different, each other can't be a direct replacement, the natural gas from Russia is still cover the whole consumer market, the Czech republic.