Dual Energy Conferences Focus On Pressing European Import Issues
23/4/2009Two energy conferences are taking place this week — one in Bulgaria, the other in Turkmenistan — that could result in major decisions being made on pressing issues surrounding European imports.
State officials and business representatives in both Sofia and Ashgabat will be discussing how to reliably transit energy resources — mainly natural gas — from locations in Asia to markets in Europe.
There are subtle differences in the agendas of the two conferences, but both will be focused on divining which pipelines will transport gas to Europe, and from which countries the gas will come.
The meetings come as Europe is attempts to break free from its heavy dependency on Russian-controlled energy supplies and troublesome transit routes that pass through Belarus and Ukraine.
