Liquefied natural gas needs to re-emerge as a central component of European energy security strategies, the European commissioner for energy said. The European Commission this week filed statements of concern against Russian natural gas company Gazprom, saying it was violating antitrust measures in Eastern and Central Europe. The European market gets about 20 percent of its gas needs met by Russia, though most of that supply runs through a Soviet-era transit network in Ukraine, where lingering political and national security issues present risks to European energy security. Miguel Arias Canete, the European commissioner for energy, told delegates at a gas infrastructure conference in Dublin the situation in Ukraine has sharpened the sense of risks to the European energy market. “We need […]