Liquefied natural gas could be the answer to Europe’s energy problem, provided the legal difficulties associated with its importation can be overcome. Robin Byron reports
As Putin’s tanks rolled into South Ossetia and Georgia during August this year, Europe was once again reminded of its reliance on Russian pipeline gas. For the gas industry it also evoked recent memories of the 2006 crisis, when a pricing dispute led Moscow to cut off gas flows to Ukraine, a transit country for pipeline gas supplying the European Union.
