EU urged to prepare for Russian gas shut-off

Russia has resumed pumping gas to Europe via the Nord Stream pipeline, but the European Commission has urged countries across the bloc to cut their gas use by 15% amid fears supplies could be halted again


Available energy by fuel (2020)				 

Coal 	Oil and petroleum	Gas	Renewables 	Nuclear	Other
10.2% 	34.5%			23.7%	17.4%		12.7%	1.5%

 
ENERGY DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIA (2020)
0 50 100%

More than half of EU energy needs are met by imports...

57.5% 42.5% 24.4%

...almost a quarter from Russia

3.2
4.9
8.4 
7.5
21.1
49.0
24.3
31.1
4.3
8.5
45.0
21.4 
31.0
96.1 
35.0
23.7
57.3
16.5
54.2
17.6
24.7 
23.8
7.5
17.0 
15.4
46.5
1.7
  

RUSSIAN IMPORTS (2020) 

Gas

Russia 38.2% 
Proven gas reserves make up about 24% of global total

Norway 18.5 
Algeria 7.5
Qatar 4.2
U.S. 4.0
UK 3.4 
Nigeria 3.0
Libya 1.1
Others 20.1


Oil 

25.7%
Others 74.3%


Coal
49.1% 
Others 50.9%


Source: Eurostat
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