Brussels, 22/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - According to interim estimations by the European Union of the Natural Gas Industry (Eurogas), the consumption of natural gas in Europe grew 3.3% from 2003 to 2004, from 372.2 to 384.3 million tonnes oil equivalent. The regular increase in the number of consumers in all sectors of European economic activity, stable meteorological conditions in 2004 and the acceleration of the demand for gas from industry are the main reasons for this. Eurogas adds that...