Due to the Ukrainian crisis Gazprom total dependence raise concerns. Six member states need to be enter the European network, said EU commissioner Oettinger
by Emanuele Bonini
The European Union has in mind to build a new pipeline up in order to reduce its energy dependence from Russia, said the European commissioner for Energy, Gunther Oettinger. He pointed out nowadays six EU member states – Bulgaria, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia – are totally dependent from Russian supplier Gazprom. After Ukrainian crisis such a situation raised concern in Europe and Oettinger, together with the whole Commission, is working to find a solution. «I've met the prime minister of Estonia and talked to him about the integration of Estonia, Bulgaria, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia into the European market through the construction of a new pipeline for Liquefied natural gas». A new tube will help the six EU member states and the EU as a whole to be strongly dependent from Russia. «If disruptions of Russian deliveries occur during daily peak demand in January, almost the entire EU, except the Iberian peninsula and the south of France would be likely to be directly affected», according to a study conducted by the European Commission.
For the future Norway could be the answer to the European problems. According to Oettinger «soon the country will be able to increase natural gas exports of nearly ten billion cubic meters, and it could became our partner». Norway is currently the world's third-largest natural gas exporter, behind Russia and Canada.
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The European Union has in mind to build a new pipeline up in order to reduce its energy dependence from Russia, said the European commissioner for Energy, Gunther Oettinger. He pointed out nowadays six EU member states – Bulgaria, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia – are totally dependent from Russian supplier Gazprom. After Ukrainian crisis such a situation raised concern in Europe and Oettinger, together with the whole Commission, is working to find a solution. «I've met the prime minister of Estonia and talked to him about the integration of Estonia, Bulgaria, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia into the European market through the construction of a new pipeline for Liquefied natural gas». A new tube will help the six EU member states and the EU as a whole to be strongly dependent from Russia. «If disruptions of Russian deliveries occur during daily peak demand in January, almost the entire EU, except the Iberian peninsula and the south of France would be likely to be directly affected», according to a study conducted by the European Commission.
For the future Norway could be the answer to the European problems. According to Oettinger «soon the country will be able to increase natural gas exports of nearly ten billion cubic meters, and it could became our partner». Norway is currently the world's third-largest natural gas exporter, behind Russia and Canada.
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