Mr. Joe Calnan at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On October 25th, 2023. See this statement in context.

October 25th, 2023 / 6:05 p.m.

Manager, Energy Security Forum, Canadian Global Affairs Institute

It's just a comment on the outlook for European energy.

Shell, Total, I believe, and Eni have all signed 27-year agreements to procure Qatari natural gas, LNG, from 2026, which will bring them beyond 2050 in terms of importing LNG. The idea that natural gas would be completely absent from Europe's energy system past 2050 is not true.

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