Toby Rice, head of EQT, the largest gas producer in the US, said that States are ready to supply natural gas to Europe at a price of $12/Mmbtu, but long-term contracts are required for this. It has been reported red blood cell.
According to him, the US could supply gas to Europe at a similar price (about $380 per thousand cubic meters), which means that gas in the USA is $ 4 per Mmbtu.
Rice says the price will be too high, especially compared to Mmbtu’s current $20.
Kadri Simson, former European Commissioner for Energy statedThat the European industry must bear the current gas prices, which have fallen to the January 2022 level.
As the European Energy Commissioner said, as a result of reducing dependence on Russian gas, the European Union (EU) increased the volume of fuel supply in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from 81 billion cubic meters in 2022. m 134 billion cubic meters in 2021. m.Mainly purchases were made from the United States. The EU also increased imports from Norway, the UK and Azerbaijan.