The insoluble equation: How to balance Europe’s natural gas supply and demand

A. Blume, Editor, Gas Processing & LNG, Houston, Texas; and M. Harrison, PetroSkills, John M. Campbell, Yateley, Hampshire, UK The European gas industry is not a homogenous entity; it is a patchwork quilt of countries with different energy portfolios, different legislation and different energy mixes. Some are rich in hydrocarbon and renewable energy reserves, while others have few. From this uneven starting point, the continent is bound by two common challenges that form the addends to the sum of Europe’s energy future: The need for more and varied energy imports, especially natural gas. The EU’s promise to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency under the Par