RUSSIA/CENTRAL ASIA – EU
March 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLWITH security of energy supplies being a key concern of the European Union (EU), and the subject of legislation under discussion in Brussels, it is no surprise that the EU devotes millions of Euros to developing the oil and gas sector of the former USSR. The European Commission has long seen the value of using the region as an alternative energy source to the politically unstable Middle East and so has worked to promote pipeline links and oil and gas field exploration.This desire has found one expression in the EU's INOGATE project (Interstate Oil ...
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