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PersianGulfGasandLNGintheEU’sGoalsforSecurityofGasSupplyby2030
aconsequenceofexaminingthevariousdefinitionsof“energysecurity,”four
majorstandardindicatorscanbeobserved:acceptability(environmentaland
socialaspects),availability(geologicalelements),affordability(economic
criteria),andaccessibility(geopoliticaldimensions).TheInstitutefor
EnergySecurityUnitoftheJointResearchCentre(JRC)fortheEuropean
Commission26andmanyenergyexperts’conceptualisations,suchasthatof
Prof.GawdatBahgat,inadditiontoJessicaJewell’sin“theIEAModelof
Short-termEnergySecurity,”havetakenintoaccounttheseindicators.As
aresult,amapofthisacademicarticlecanbedrawn:
Source:Author’sanalysis.
A“GoldenAge”ofNaturalGas
Naturalgashasgraduallybecomethe“fuelofchoice”sincetheendofthe
ColdWarbecauseofitsflexibilityandabundance,technologicaladvances,
extensiveuseinpowergeneration,thermalefficiencies,andperceptionof
itsenvironmentalfriendlinesscomparedtootherfossilfuels.27Itssharein
theglobalenergymixwillincreaseby50%between2010and2030.28It
canbetransportedeitherbypipelineorturnedintoaliquidintheformof
26
A.CostescuBadea,EnergySecurityIndicators,InstituteforEnergySecurityUnitofthe
JointResearchCentrewithintheEuropeanCommission,19-21May2010,p.4,www.jrc.
27
ec.europa.eu.
InternationalEnergyAgency,op.cit.
28
BritishPetroleum,EnergyOutlook2035,op.cit.
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