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E.U. countries turn to Africa in bid to replace Russian gas

The Hindu | 12/10/2022 08:13 PM | Click to read full article

A new liquefied natural gas project off Africa's western coast may only be 80% complete, but already the prospect of a new energy supplier has drawn visits from the leaders of Poland and Germany.

The initial field near Senegal and Mauritania's coastlines is expected to contain about 15 trillion cubic feet of gas, five times more than what gas-dependent Germany used in all of 2019.

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