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8. The Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine on the European Gas Supply: An Emphasis on New Gas Import Infrastructure in the EU

Author : Kari Liuhto

Published in: Fossil Fuels in the European Union

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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The world population has increased by 30 percent in this millennium (UNCTAD 2023), resulting in a natural increase in energy consumption. However, energy demand has grown at an even higher rate than the population. Global energy consumption has increased by more than 50 percent from the year 2000 to today.

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Natural gas transit through Ukraine may stop by the end of 2024 if Ukraine (Naftohaz) and Russia (Gazprom) fail to negotiate the terms of a new agreement. If natural gas transit through Ukraine is interrupted, energy supply will become difficult in some Central European EU countries, such as Austria, Hungary and Slovakia (Henderson and Chyong 2023).

Due to the Algeria-Morocco tensions, a gas pipeline (GME–capacity: 12 bcm) from Algeria via Morocco to Spain was halted in November 2021 (Anouar 2022; GEM 2023o).

Three out of four Nord Stream pipes were sabotaged on September 26, 2022 (DW 2022).

El Musel LNG terminal in Gijon with an annual capacity of seven bcm has been completed but it was mothballed and it has not been put into operation.

Examples of small and mid-sized LNG receiving units in the EU: Tornio Manga (0.5 bcm), Pori (0.2 bcm) and Hamina (0.1 bcm) in Finland, Oristano (0.3 bcm) and Ravenna in Italy (1.0 bcm), Delimara in Malta (0.7 bcm), and Lysekil (0.3 bcm) and Nynäshamn (0.5 bcm) in Sweden (GIIGNL 2022; GEM 2023a; IGU 2023).

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Title: The Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine on the European Gas Supply: An Emphasis on New Gas Import Infrastructure in the EU
Author: Kari Liuhto
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Fossil Fuels in the European Union
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-56789-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-56790-2

Copyright Year: 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56790-2_8

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