From the start of Russia’s large-scale war against Ukraine, there are a lot of Russian importers Europe's energy producers have found alternative sources. But Moscow is still deprived of one of its top postal workers, which will help the European Union to see Russian energy as important until 2027.
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- How Europe fell for the Russian “gas head”
- How Europe is victorious about Russian energy
- Why gas contracts with the Russian Federation should not be affected
- What else is Russian energy going to Europe
- What is the current situation with Russian gas
- How Europe copes with high prices
For three more years, the Russian Federation was the largest exporter of natural gas in the world. And Europe was its main client. For the continent's leading economies, access to cheap Russian energy trumped any fears and risks of doing business with Volodymyr Putin.
At the bitter end of 2022, Russia began a large-scale invasion of Ukraine. And the important deposit of one postal worker in Raptovo has become a threat to the economic and political security of the region.
The fear that Putin will cut off the supply of gas, coal and nafta as punishment for supporting Ukraine has raised a feverish panic in the search for alternative sources of energy. Officially, the destruction was formalized with sanctions to encourage funding for the Russian military machine.
Today, European countries have already gone through a revolution in energy supplies. Importers of gas, oil and coal were encouraged by Moscow to use alternative suppliers. In addition, living people have found ways to live with less energy, which has changed their drinking. The light will be completely deprived of attention and most factories will continue to operate – despite the fact that Europeans have begun to pay more. However, Russia is still deprived of one of the most important energy supplies to Europe.
How Europe got hooked on the Russian “gas head”
History began just after that. The Russian Union, due to the tension between China and the United States, needed money and possessions to develop the recently discovered giant gas fields near Siberia.
Zahidna Nimechchyna (FRN) was looking for cheap energy to support its rapidly growing energy sector. In the 1970s, the stench was laid down by the “pipes in exchange for gas.” Behind these minds, German factories built thousands of kilometers of pipes to transport gas to Europe. Supplies steadily increased until Germany revealed that it was buying more than half of its gas from Russia.
Eventually, Germany and other European economies began to switch to wind and solar energy. The pipeline Russian gas has lost a manual and cheap alternative for the generation of basic energy, which is required if there is no wind and no sunlight.
How Europe uses Russian energy
According to the analytical center Bruegel (Brussels, Belgium), on By the end of 2023, the import of Russian firewood to the European Union will amount to nearly 1 billion dollars per month. What is several times lower than the peak value for 2022 – 16 billion dollars per month.
Most of our imports, as before, were natural gas. Moscow will account for approximately 15% of the gas supplies to the European Union by 2023. According to data from the European Commission, it leads the regions of Southern Africa with 14% and ranks second among the top 3 countries. In first place is Norway with 30%, in second place is the United States with 19%.
Most of Russian gas comes through pipelines through Ukraine and Turkey. The main buyers are Austria, Slovakia and Ugorshchina, the economies of which have already been affected by this fire.
High-grade natural gas from Russia is bought on tankers by such large countries as Spain, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Part of it will meet with other gas at the European pipeline boundary. Which, for example, means that Russian gas could potentially be wasted all the way to Germany, as Vidmova announced again.
Why gas contracts with the Russian Federation will not be affected
European clients Ro This is often the case with children through harsh conditions contracts that cannot simply be terminated.
In addition, switching to other clients can be very expensive. It appears that available supplies on the light gas market will continue to be limited throughout the coming years, until a new supply appears from exporters such as the United States and Qatar. Available for import to Europe, part of the gas is sealed at the edges of closed coal-fired and nuclear power plants.
Austria, Slovakia and Ugorshchina are also looking for alternative post-war residents. Although these countries do not have access to the sea, their industry is tied to the supply of energy resources from Russia. What is the cheapest, lower gas available at the terminals of the gas-producing gas pipeline in Western Europe.
Currently, there is no import ban on Russian gas for the whole of Europe. Wanting Great Britain, Germany, Poland and the Baltic countries were expected to make purchases.
Several great European corporations have long-term investments in Russian energy. For example, the French company TotalEnergies SE is losing its shareholder in the Arctic project Yamal ZPG. And the Spanish company Naturgy Energy Group SA has a 20-year contract for the purchase of liquefied fuel from Yamal until 2038.
Which Russian energy supplies are still being consumed to Europe
Russian supplies are currently in decline any crude oil pipelines, although much smaller ones obsyagah, nizh before. There are still no fees for the import of petroleum products refined at refineries outside the European Union, for example, in the Turkish region.
According to Global Witness, sales from these plants to the EU brought Russia nearly 1.2 billion dollars in taxes their needs 2023 birth.
In addition, it is not excluded that part of the Russian crude oil is lost to Europe after intermediaries buy it in other countries and mix it with naphtha from other sources.
Also, since Russia fired up the great tanker “dark fleet” in order to circumvent international sanctions, it has become easier to produce naphtha and natural gas. Part of the shadow fleet was lost under sanctions by Britain, the EU and its allies, and there is little evidence of direct supplies to Europe. However, it is important to ensure resales around the world.
Read more in the material “Putin’s Dark Fleet. How Russia makes money on the oil trade and what to do with it Zahid.”
Yak the situation with Russian gas now
Last year, parts of the Russian Federation received less than 10% of the gas supply in Europe. And this is more lower by a third lower, lower in 2022.
Norway has replaced Russia as the largest supplier of pipeline gas on the continent. The United States has become the largest supplier of liquefied gas due to new incentives for the expansion of gas.
Also, European countries have become less energy efficient. This is partly due to the fact that the activities of people who have high prices for electricity have been shortened. Also through energy savings (from now on, gas consumption will be 20% lower than the average until 2022) and a record-breaking transition to new diesel engines.
The energy crisis of 2022, linked to the Russian-Ukrainian war, has forced Europe to speed up the transition to green energy. According to data from the previous company Ember (London, UK), the generation of electricity for gas and coal has decreased by a record amount. Last year, the wind in the European Union quickly generated more electricity and less gas.
How Europe copes with high prices
In 2022, energy prices have increased by a factor of several times. Several factories in European countries were affected by the speed of production, and many small businesses were closed. Today's prices have fallen, but are still above pre-crisis levels. To make energy-hungry galusies less competitive.
Households that have suffered from a sharp increase in electricity bills have found ways to change their costs. For rich people, spending creates real difficulties. According to the data of the European Commission, perhaps 11% of EU citizens could not keep their homes warm enough in 2023.
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