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Officials discussed using the Vertical Corridor pipeline to increase U.S. liquified natural gas exports and reduce European reliance on Russian gas amid the Ukraine war.
- On Thursday in Athens, energy ministers from the United States and European countries met to discuss using a newly upgraded regional pipeline network to better supply war-torn Ukraine, with U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum attending the Atlantic Council-hosted talks.
- Following Russia's 2022 invasion, EU member states reworked pipeline networks to replace Russian exports with LNG, focusing on the Vertical Corridor linking Greece with Bulgaria and Romania via LNG terminals near Athens and northern Greece.
- More than 80 U.S. officials, European Union energy ministers, and LNG company executives attended as President Donald Trump seeks to use American liquified natural gas exports to press the EU in trade talks.
- Exxon Mobil and Greek firms Helleniq Energy and Energean announced a new exploration partnership in the Ionian Sea off Greece's western coast; Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece is the natural entry point for U.S. LNG into Europe.
- U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright welcomed the European Commission's plan to phase out Russian gas over two years, noting Russia has five pipelines to Europe and one to China.
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US and European energy leaders in Greece to talk ways to better supply Ukraine
Energy ministers from the United States and Europe have gathered in Athens as the Trump administration seeks to increase gas exports to Europe. U.S.
US Secretary of State Doug Bargam, who was in Greece today to participate in a meeting of US officials, European Union (EU) energy ministers and liquefied natural gas (LNG) executives, said that the US "can replace all of the Russian gas in Europe with what they are building," hinting at Washington's intention to fill the gap left by reduced supplies from Russia.
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