It is just a shuffling of the chairs in the Titanic. They will be taking someone else's gas, so where will the others be getting their gas from?
Algeria's gas production is also definitively not enough to meet German demand.
Look, Europe was basically getting piped gas from Algeria, Norway, the Netherlands, the UK, and Russia. Algeria supplied Southern Europe, Norway supplied Northern Europe, and the Netherlands supplied Central Europe. The massive gas supplies in the Netherlands have basically been depleted at this point. So you can count them out. At the same time the gas supply from Russia was massively cut.
The other suppliers like Algeria or Norway can only supply a fraction of demand. New suppliers like Azerbaijan will only be enough to meet some of the demand in Southeastern Europe. Not the main gas consumers in Central Europe.
Lately Algerian natural gas exports were going down, rather than going up, because Algeria decided it was more profitable for them to export liquefied ammonia for fertilizer than the natural gas in its raw form. Algeria is also one of Russia's main allies and one of their largest weapons purchasers. Because the Soviet Union supported their independence from France.
Algeria's gas production is also definitively not enough to meet German demand.
Look, Europe was basically getting piped gas from Algeria, Norway, the Netherlands, the UK, and Russia. Algeria supplied Southern Europe, Norway supplied Northern Europe, and the Netherlands supplied Central Europe. The massive gas supplies in the Netherlands have basically been depleted at this point. So you can count them out. At the same time the gas supply from Russia was massively cut.
The other suppliers like Algeria or Norway can only supply a fraction of demand. New suppliers like Azerbaijan will only be enough to meet some of the demand in Southeastern Europe. Not the main gas consumers in Central Europe.
Lately Algerian natural gas exports were going down, rather than going up, because Algeria decided it was more profitable for them to export liquefied ammonia for fertilizer than the natural gas in its raw form. Algeria is also one of Russia's main allies and one of their largest weapons purchasers. Because the Soviet Union supported their independence from France.
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