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“Hot Spot – Energy Security”

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Getting into the topic…

Glossary

• Energy supply, oil, natural gas• Fossil fuel, liquid fuel, LGN• OPEC, OECD, OSCE, CIS• Energy Charter Treaty• Druzhba, Nabucco, Nord Stream,

South Stream• Gazprom, Naftogaz, Transneft

Energy policy of the EU

• Approved at the meeting of the European Council in 2005

• Imports 82% of oil and 57% of its gas

• Proposals for the nearest future

Europe’s reliance on Russian energy supply

Oil pipelines in Europe

Gas pipelines in Europe

Pipeline “Druzhba”

World’s longest pipeline Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Hungary,

Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany Proposed extensions (Druzhba

Wilhelmshaven, Druzhba Adria, Baltic Pipeline System-2)

Pipeline “Nord Stream”

North Transgas and North European Gas Pipeline / Baltic Sea Gas Pipeline

Criticism : a. Political & security aspectsb. Economic aspectsc. Environmental aspects

Pipeline “Nabucco”

Planned natural gas pipeline from Turkey to Austria

Backed by EU & the USA

Rival to the South Stream project initiated by Russia

Pipeline “Nabucco”

Pipeline “South Stream”

• Serbia & Russia proposal, 2008

• Russia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Hungary, Austria

• Approximate cost - 16 bln €

Pipeline “South Stream”

Russia–Ukraine gas disputes

Russia-Ukraine dispute 2005-2006

• Ukraine transports more than 80% of Russian gas to EU

• Naftogaz vs Gazprom

• New price : $160 per 1,000 cubic meters

Russia-Ukraine dispute 2007-2008

Russia-Ukraine dispute 2008-2009

Media coverage

Media coverage

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Bridge to Beyond Europe

• One World Convention on Energy in St. Petersburg, October 2010

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