The United States is now flying to the relief of Europe, very dependent on Russian gas, supplying it in liquefied gas, while dreaming of preventing the commissioning of the northern stream 2 pipeline provided in 2022. / p>
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It was in December 2021, when he appeared that Russia was raising his troops at the gates of Ukraine. Suddenly, Minerva Chios, a Lisk of Louisiana, turned around, while he was in the Indian Ocean. Steering Europe, via the Suez Canal, with its liquefied natural gas cargo (LNG). It was the same for Maran Gas Vergina, from Delaware, who approached the Strait of Malacca: he turned around to unload in Turkey. Marvel Crane, who was going to take the Panama Canal for Asia took the direction of Spain. The old continent, so dependent on Russian gas, became sudden attractive and the shipowners diverted their cargoes for the best buyers.
These hijackings are marginal in the supply of Europe. According to the Wall Street Journal, 40% of imports from the European Union came from Russia in 2019 – 22% Norway, 7.2% Algeria and 4.6% of Qatar. But he is a newcomer in the game, the United States.
Thanks to the operation of oil shale, the country has become the world’s largest producer of hydrocarbons, in front of Saudi Arabia and Russia. The United States began exporting their production from 2016, President Obama abolished an export prohibition from 1975 after the first oil shock. Six years after sending their first LNG, they should become in 2022 the first exporters of LNG, in front of Qatar and Australia, through the opening of new terminals in Texas and Louisiana.
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The United States, half of the exports is intended for Asia, now fly over the help of Europeans, with exports quadrupled in one year (5 million tonnes in January).
They dream especially to prevent the inauguration in the second half of the North Stream 2 gas pipeline, supposed to provide Germany with half of its gas via the Baltic without going through Ukraine. “If Russia invades, then there will be no northern stream 2. We will put it end,” said Joe Biden, during a meeting at the White House with the German Chancellor on February 7, ensuring that he Was the means even if it’s Germany who controls it. “I promise you, we are able to do it,” said the US president. Olaf Scholz responded in a perfect ambiguity: “We will be united. We will act together. And we will take all necessary measures.”
To help Europe get free from Russian gas, it should be equipped with the necessary infrastructure. Germany does not have a LNG terminal and suddenly realizes its dependence. “The liquefied gas is an alternative to the import of Russian gas,” said Chancellor Scholz’s spokesperson, recalling that “several terminal projects were in gestation, north of the country.
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