Prioritizing Natural Gas Proving Problematic For Europe

Prioritizing Natural Gas Proving Problematic For Europe

DASHAVA, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 18: A worker walks among pipes and valves at the Dashava natural gas ... [+] facility on September 18, 2014 in Dashava, Ukraine. The Dashava facility, which is both an underground storage site for natural gas and an important transit station along the natural gas pipelines linking Russia, Ukraine and eastern and western Europe, is operated by Ukrtransgaz, a subsidiary of Ukrainian energy company NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine. Ukraine recently began importing natural gas from Slovakia through Dashava as Ukraine struggles to cope with cuts in gas deliveries by Gazprom of Russia. As Russia has cut supplies many countries in Europe that rely heavily on Russian gas fear that Russia will increasingly use gas delivery cuts as a political weapon to counter European economic sanctions arising from Russian involvement in fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian armed forces in eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) As the world discusses its plans for an energy transition, one of the trickiest topics is the role natural gas will play. It is both a fossil fuel and a much-needed bridge fuel for an energy transition, as the needed technology – think large-scale batteries, electrified industrial furnaces, and offshore