US to negotiate natural gas for Europe with Qatar to reduce Russia’s dependence on gas

US to negotiate natural gas for Europe with Qatar to reduce Russia’s dependence on gas

US to negotiate natural gas for Europe with Qatar to reduce Russia’s dependence on gas

Similar attempts have previously been reported by Reuters. 22.01.2022, the same article said that global energy companies had warned Washington that Sputnik was Brazil.

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The U.S. government is in talks with Qatar to export its liquefied natural gas (LNG) to gas-starved Europe, where prices are rising due to half-empty reservoirs and a shortage of supplies from all sources, Bloomberg said. The news comes amid continuing tensions over Ukraine and a round of warnings from the West that Russia could close its gas valve to pressure the EU (Moscow) to reject Moscow. According to Bloomberg, President Joe Biden wants to invite the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the White House later this month. They added that the alleged meeting had been in the works for some time. The Qatari embassy in the United States has not yet commented on the case. The White House is seeking gas exports from Qatar, the world’s largest LNG producer, to Europe to alleviate its allies’ concerns about fuel shortages. An earlier Reuters report, citing energy sources, said Washington was looking at ways to divert Russian gas to the European energy market. The report says Washington will fight to achieve that goal, as several international energy companies have told the US State Department that shifting Russia’s gas supplies to Europe will be more difficult at this point. This should be mainly due to the limited capacity to increase gas production in the short term. Gas shortages and Russian sanctions are currently affecting most of the world’s LNG Asian markets, including Qatar. The United States wants to explore the country’s possibilities of expanding its production to help Europeans, Bloomberg said. The Biden administration has been concerned for some time about supplying gas to the EU in light of ongoing tensions with Russia. Western nations have accused Russia of concentrating troops near the Ukrainian border, and Moscow has said it is planning an invasion, although the Kremlin vehemently denies such allegations. If Russia invades Ukraine, Washington will seek to coordinate sanctions with the European Union. However, Bloomberg says the United States is really frustrated with how the talks are going. The talks coincided with talks by European politicians on how Russia could use its control over gas valves to exert political pressure on the EU, accusing Moscow of artificially creating a gas crisis. Supplying fuel in accordance with its contracts. European gas reservoirs were emptied last winter and will not be filled in 2021 because most of the LNG was purchased by Asian countries.

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