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EU battles for its energy independence
As prices on energy resources surge, the EU tries to find ways to decrease dependence on Russia by building a pipeline which bypass Russia. One alternative can be direct supply from Turkmenistan that has promised to deliver 10 billion cubic meters of gas to the EU annually from 2009.
Right now Turkmenistan signed a long-term contracts with Russia and Iran on a natural gas supply. All coutry's gas, up to 50 billion cubic metres, is imported by Russia. Also Turkmenistan is building a gas pipeline to China.
The question is how Turkmenistan is going to meet these new commitments.
In view of the recent news, Russian state-owned company Gazprom plans to participate in a multi-billion dollar project to pipe Nigerian gas to Europe across the Sahara.
Underlining these two articles we can see that it would be very difficult for EU to gain independence unless it starts participating in projects with Russia or building its own pipes.
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