Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-17-Speech-2-159"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Security of energy supplies, particularly gas2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060117.19.2-159"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-17-Speech-2-1602
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-21--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Minister, Commissioner, the world continues to see the burning of fossilised matter. It is estimated that in 2030 humankind will still be producing 80% of its energy using fossilised fuels. The earth has a confirmed 179 trillion cubic metres of gas deposits. A quarter of the gas is in Russia, and another quarter in regions less stable, in Iran and Qatar. It can be estimated that at present consumption rates the EU’s own supplies of gas will be enough for just six or seven years. The use of Norwegian and North African gas for the EU’s needs increases the time perspective for gas consumption by 20 years, but it is 50 years in the case of Russia. If the EU is planning to satisfy the entire growth in its energy requirements in the next few decades by means of gas, there are no alternatives to imports from Russia. The next few years will see the development of cheaper methods in the liquefaction of gas, which will allow for a wider range of possibilities in importing gas. At the same time it will also make them narrower in scope. Liquefied Russian gas can then be sold to the United States of America, which needs gas, without the need for a pipeline. America’s own gas reserves will not be enough for even 10 years. Western Europe has been dependent on the gas pipeline that comes from Russia via other countries. The planned pipeline at the bottom of the Baltic Sea will reduce this dependence. The project is understandable, because some of the countries the pipeline now passes through are hostile towards Russia. We in Finland have not had the slightest problem with the gas supply in 40 years. There is something in the gas agreement between Russia and Ukraine that needs explaining. Who owns the supply company Ros-Ukr-Energo? On the basis of published data, I have worked out that it unaccountably benefits from the agreement to the tune of USD 600–800 million a year. The oligarchs in both countries have been involved in this, and what is the role of these countries’ presidents in generating huge sums of hidden profit? Our group supports good partnership relations and cooperation on energy with Russia."@en1
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