Our goal is to ensure higher security of external energy supplies for the European Union. The European Union imports 53% of its overall energy consumption.

The United States and the EU have significant interests in each other’s energy security, which is tied to economic, political, and military security. European energy security is and should remain a top priority for the United States

Stranded gas is natural gas in discovered fields that is currently not commercially producible for either physical or economic reasons. As of 2009 outside of North America, there are estimated to be 2,612 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of gas in conventional stranded gas fields, a volume..

The gas sectors of countries in Central Asia have traditionally been of interest because of their connection to Russia, but over the past decade this link has increasingly become less relevant as exports to China have started to dominate. This has had significant