ALTERNATIVES FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION'S NATURAL GAS DEPENDENCY ON RUSSIA

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Even after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom, the European Union -as a single market- is still among the biggest economies in the world. However, retaining and expanding this economy is a big hurdle to tackle due to the dependency on ever-decreasing natural resources on the continent that fuel it. Therefore, there have been attempts made by the Union to sustain its resource demand for the duration of transitioning to renewables. One such attempt is the usage of natural gas as a stopgap energy source until this transition is complete. Although the European Union is not internally self-sufficient in said natural gas, there are still some benefits for its utilisation with perhaps the biggest one being having a lesser ecological footprint when compared to other carbon-based resources. The usage of natural gas also brings the question of whether the European Union can eliminate its dependency on its biggest partner, Russia. Since the relationship between the two is historically tumultuous and the recent conflict flaring between Russia and Ukraine has pushed this question to the forefront. This thesis thus, aims to identify the actions of the European Union in the field of both liquefied and the natural gas. It will look through the infrastructure capabilities in both LNG as well as natural gas pipeline sectors to come up with an evaluation for the viability of EU’s achieving its energy independence specifically from natural gas imports from Russia.

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Natural Gas, European Union, Pipelines, LNG, Russia

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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K. Kalafat, “ALTERNATIVES FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION’S NATURAL GAS DEPENDENCY ON RUSSIA,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2023.