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    Forbes: The U.S. Cannot Compete With Russia In Europe's Natural Gas Market

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The United States, once thought to be a strong prospect to replace Russian gas supply, may not be such a sure prospect any more, Forbes argues

by: Erica Mills

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Forbes: The U.S. Cannot Compete With Russia In Europe's Natural Gas Market

Will the U.S. be able to compete with Russian natural gas in the lucrative European gas market? For those who think that Washington’s support of Ukraine is about energy, this may warrant another look. The U.S. is far from ever becoming a major supplier.

I used to think that the U.S. was positioning itself to be a big supplier of liquefied natural gas to the European Union. And with that came the lobbying against Russia’s Gazprom in its core market. The notion was that the Washington could use the budding anti-Russia sentiment that was kick-started by the year-long Ukraine crisis to position the U.S. as an alternative energy source for Europe

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