Norway Replaces Russian As Europe's First Gas Supplier
Date
3/10/2023 3:14:55 PM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) Norway has replaced Russia as the biggest gas supplier of
Europe, said the EU Commissioner Kadri Simson, as she was
addressing a committee meeting and a press conference in the
European Parliament.
“Since September 2022, Russian gas is about 8 percent of all
pipeline gas imported in the EU. Pipeline gas imports from Russia
amounted 61 bcm last year. The first gas supplier to Europe is no
longer Russia. It is Norway,” she said.
Simson pointed out that the doubts about Europe's inability to
import enough liquified Natural gas (LNG) to replace Russian gas
also faded away. Europe opened three new terminals in less than one
year, while 5 more are planned to be launched by late 2023 with
total capacity of 50 billion cubic meters.
She noted that Europe imported a total of 135 billion cubic
meters of LNG, with 56.4 billion cubic meters accounting for the US
alone. As such, Europe's LNG imports rose by 34 billion cubic
meters year-on-year.
“The increase of gas supplies from other sources than Russia was
almost 10 percent higher than the estimated in the March REPowerEU
Communication. Overall, the EU phased out Russian gas by
two-thirds. We backed up this diversification effort with new
tools,” added Simson.
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