Trump warns Germany over Nord Stream 2
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U.S. President Donald Trump has again criticised Germany over its
Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline deal with Russia, threatening to impose sanctions on the project he says will leave Berlin “captive” to Moscow
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RUSSIAN GAS EXPORTS TO EUROPE IN 2018, billion cubic metres (bcm)
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EU members
Main export pipelines for Russian gas
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Germany 55.3
UK 4.4
Netherlands 7.4
Rest of Europe 2.6
France 8.9
Turkey 22.8 
Other EU 67.1
Italy 25.4
RUSSIA
POLAND
UKRAIN

Nord Stream 2: 55bcm per year capacity
500km 300 miles
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ORIGIN OF EUROPE’S GAS, bcm

Algeria 34.2
Netherlands 32.5
Azerbaijan: 9.2
Iran: 7.6
Libya 4.3
Norway 114.3
Total  478.9 
Other Europe 83.1
193.8
Russia: Supplies more than 40 percent of Europe’s gas via pipelines operated by state-run energy firm Gazprom

Critics fear Nord Stream 2 will increase Europe’s dependence on Russian gas and allow Moscow to undermine traditional transit countries such as Ukraine and Poland
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Sources: Bloomberg, BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2019 © GRAPHIC NEWS