Europe will not be able to live without Russian gas in 2022 and in the winter of 2023, due to the impossibility of rapidly replacing supplies with liquefied natural gas (LNG). About this RIA Novosti declaration Sergey Kolobanov, deputy director of the Center for Strategic Research “Economy of the Fuel and Energy Complex”.
“In 2022 and in the winter of 2023, Europe will certainly not be able to live without Russian gas: it will not be possible to quickly replace needs with the help of LNG,” Kolobanov said.
According to him, only the execution of all necessary documents, the delivery and installation of equipment, connection to systems of floating regasification terminals can take at least six months.
He added that Europe will reduce its gas consumption from Russia by 30 billion cubic meters. At the same time, the rebalancing started a few months ago. But it won’t be finished until 2024 or 2025.
May 28, Maria Belova, Research Director, Vygon Consulting statedHe said that Europe cannot leave Russian gas as soon as possible without major economic losses. According to the expert, the situation could come to the point where the major gas-consuming businesses in Europe are shut down.
Source: Gazeta
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