Liberalization of Natural Gas Exports to Help Russia Restore Positions on the European and Global Markets

... ahead with the South Stream. Based both on economic and purely political factors, the trend suggests a replacement of Gazprom gas with alternative deliveries of LNG, pipeline gas from Norway and, later, from the Caspian area. Hence, concentration of natural gas exports in the hands of Gazprom seems irrelevant as it may weaken Russia's positions in the European market and reduce its share in the EU gas balance. Export Liberalization as Way Out of the Current Crisis? Photo: Forexau.com Gazprom had difficulties to fully using Opal pipeline to deliver gas from Nord Stream to Germany ...