A top European official says the 28-nation European Union could begin receiving natural gas supplies from Turkmenistan by 2019, as part of a push to lessen dependence on Russia for Europe’s energy needs.
European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic, speaking last week, stressed the importance of Turkmenistan diversifying its export options, and said it is equally important for Europe to diversify its imports. The Central Asian nation has the fourth largest known gas reserves in the world.
Russia currently supplies about one-third of western Europe’s gas needs. But Moscow has triggered supply concerns in the West in the past decade …read more
Source: Voice of America
