11. A Scramble for Gas: Qatari LNG and EU Diversification Plans
- Author:
- Pier Paolo Raimondi
- Publication Date:
- 04-2022
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Istituto Affari Internazionali
- Abstract:
- Amidst a worsening geopolitical and energy crisis in Europe, the EU is scrambling to increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports as one component of its larger objective to reduce its overdependence on Russian gas. In 2021, the EU imported 155 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas from Russia (140 bcm via pipeline and 15 bcm of LNG). Under its REPowerEU initiative, the European Commission aims to increase LNG imports to replace 50 bcm of Russian gas by the end of 2022.
- Topic:
- European Union, Geopolitics, Gas, Diversification, and Energy
- Political Geography:
- Europe and Qatar