Berlin woos US in Europe gas battleBSS/AFP:Germany will put on a show of unity with the United States Tuesday in talks on importing natural gas, as Berlin battles accusations an under-construction pipeline deepens European energy dependence on Russia. Economy Minister Peter Altmaier will meet the US deputy energy secretary, Dan Brouillette, Tuesday morning at a conference his ministry is hosting on liquid natural gas (LNG). LNG as a potential alternative to Russian gas became a hot topic as construction on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline got under way last year. “We aren’t fundamentally against Russian gas in Europe. But we’re against too much Russian gas driving our partners into dependency,” American ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper.

Source: Energy Bangla February 12, 2019 02:26 UTC