{"id":205730,"date":"2022-06-24T13:14:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T11:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=205730"},"modified":"2022-06-24T13:14:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T11:14:22","slug":"iea-warns-russia-could-cut-off-all-gas-to-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=205730","title":{"rendered":"IEA Warns Russia could Cut Off All Gas to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as well Europe has invested hundreds of billions of Euros in renewable energy capacity \/sarc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia Could Cut Off Gas Supply to Europe, IEA Warns<\/strong><\/p>

June 23, 2022 12:49 PM
Henry Ridgwell<\/a><\/p>

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that Russia could cut gas supplies to Europe entirely in order to boost its leverage against the West following Moscow\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>

Russia has severely restricted gas flows to Europe in recent days. The Kremlin blames a delay in servicing equipment caused by European Union sanctions, while Europe accuses the Kremlin of playing geopolitics.<\/p>

\u201cConsidering this recent behavior, I wouldn\u2019t rule out Russia continuing to find different issues here and there and continuing to find excuses to further reduce gas deliveries to Europe and maybe even cut it off completely,\u201d IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said in a statement to the Reuters news agency. \u201cThis is the reason Europe needs contingency plans.\u201d<\/p>

Energy crisis <\/strong><\/p>

A full cutoff of Russian gas would plunge Europe into an energy crisis, said Tom Marzec-Manser, head of gas analytics at Independent Commodity Intelligence Services.<\/p>

\u201cGas supplies from Russia at the moment \u2014 pipeline supplies, that is \u2014 are literally a quarter of what they were a year ago. So, the volumes are very, very low, and clearly that\u2019s causing concerns. It means rebuilding storages, storage stocks, ahead of the upcoming winter is that much more difficult,\u201d he told VOA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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