How fast Europe could replace Russian gas

Production platform off Norway

When moving away from Russian gas, Europe is looking primarily to Norway.

(Photo: dpa)

Berlin A week ago, Lithuania showed how it can be done. As the first EU country, the country with its 2.7 million inhabitants has managed without Russian gas supplies since then, and is supplied entirely via the liquid gas terminal in the Baltic Sea port city of Klaipeda, according to Lithuanian Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys.

In an interview with the Tagesspiegel, Jarand Rystad calculates how things could go in Germany, with 83 million inhabitants and a gas-hungry industry.

The physicist and former McKinsey consultant runs the largest energy consulting firm in Norway, active worldwide and a leader in analysis for the oil and gas industry. The oil cartel OPEC was also one of the customers. The tones that Rystad uses in his office overlooking the Oslo fjord sound optimistic.

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