The Case for Gas - A Producer Perspective to the Energy Debate in the European Union
Article from: OGEL 6 (2011), in National and International Issues in Natural Gas Development
Introduction: The times they are a' changing
When we in Statoil first met Günther Oettinger, the EU Commissioner for Energy, we had three messages for him: 1. natural gas, 2. natural gas and 3. natural gas. You might ask why we felt the need to make the case for natural gas so emphatically. Surely, the role of natural gas as a driver of economic competitiveness, energy efficiency and emissions reduction was and is well understood and appreciated in the EU? Well, yes and no. The times they are a' changing. Gas used to be the fuel that sold itself. "All" companies like Statoil had to do was to bring it ...