The Future of Energy Consumption, Security and Natural Gas: Lng in the Baltic Sea Region

ISBN-13: 9783030803698 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Liuhto, Kari

Opis

This book analyses the recent development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Baltic Sea region and how energy security in the region has improved after Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden have constructed their LNG import terminals. In addition to these LNG receiving units, the book deals with the major pipeline projects, such as Baltic Pipe, Balticconnector, Nord Stream 2, and Gas Interconnection Poland-Lithuania, and their impact on energy security of the Baltic Sea region. This book will be of interest to experts specialising in European energy markets and energy security.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. The development of global LNG exports (Mariusz Ruszel). - Chapter 2. Natural gas in the EU in the 21st century: A special emphasis on LNG (Kari Liuhto). - Chapter 3. Energy transition in the Baltic Sea region: A controversial role of LNG? (Leonid Grigoryev and Dzhanneta Medzhidova). - Chapter 4. Russian LNG exports (Andrey Shadurskiy). - Chapter 5. Gas logistics between Russia and the EU: Case of Ukraine, Belarus, Nord Streams, and other routes of supply (Mykhailo Gonchar and Igor Stukalenko). - Chapter 6. Norwegian gas in Europe in the 2020’s (Jakub M. Godzimirski). - Chapter 7. Development of the LNG terminal in Świnoujście, Poland (Dariusz Zarzecki). - Chapter 8. The Klaipeda LNG terminal and its impact on the Baltic States’ gas market (Tadas Jakštas). - Chapter 9. Energy and climate policy: Driving factors affecting the future of LNG in Latvia (Reinis Āboltiņš). - Chapter 10. New sources of natural gas for Finland: The Balticconnector pipeline and LNG imports (Laura Klemetti and Hanna Mäkinen). - Chapter 11. How much gas is enough?: Energy security and natural gas infrastructure in the Baltic Sea region (Anna Mikulska). - Chapter 12. Epilogue (Kari Liuhto).

O autorze

Kari Liuhto is Professor of International Business and Director of the Pan-European Institute at the University of Turku, Finland.

Blurb

“This book about natural gas and LNG especially in Baltic Sea region, edited by Professor Kari Liuhto, should be the basic material for politicians, civil servants, businesspeople and academia to better understand the sector and the transition. Its logic is sound, statistics collected are impressive”

– Seppo Remes, Professor in Practice, Lappeenranta University of Technology, former member of the Board of Russian plastics and petrochemical giant Sibur Holding

“This study is a topical and very useful presentation that opens up new perspectives for security research as well. The book deals extensively with the ongoing development and the future of natural gas - especially LNG - in the Baltic Sea region. Because energy is the foundation of our modern lives, it's role and development also affect regional and international security. The study provides an excellent demonstration of how economic interdependence is forcing the countries of the Baltic Sea region to tighten their partnerships. The most important message of the book is to show that energy issues are both political and economic from the point of view of comprehensive security.”

– Marko Palokangas, Military Professor, Lieutenant Colonel, Finland’s National Defence University

This book analyses the recent development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Baltic Sea region and how energy security in the region has improved after Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden have constructed their LNG import terminals. In addition to these LNG receiving units, the book deals with the major pipeline projects, such as Baltic Pipe, Balticconnector, Nord Stream 2, and Gas Interconnection Poland-Lithuania, and their impact on energy security of the Baltic Sea region. This book will be of interest to experts specialising in European energy markets and energy security.

Kari Liuhto is Professor of International Business and Director of the Pan-European Institute at the University of Turku, Finland.