[Peakoil] US cables routinely feature pipeline politics

[Alex Pollard]

In US State Dept cables from Europe the politics of energy pipelines are
routinely touched on: European dependence on Russian gas, and the politics
of pipelines from central asia which could provide alternate supplies.
Very few words are spoken publicly about it by Western leaders, for
obvious reasons, despite the importance of the issue.

http://cablegate.wikileaks.org/cable/2004/04/04BRUSSELS1868.html
"[Chris Patten] said the EU had become overly dependent on Russian
energy supplies, and should become more engaged with the countries of the
Caucasus and Central Asia in order to diversify supplies. To do so,
however, the Union would also have to become more involved in pipeline
politics."


http://cablegate.wikileaks.org/cable/2006/12/06PARIS7755.html
"Germany and Central and Eastern Europe had a strong interest in
ensuring that gas and oil pumped from Azerbaijan and Central Asia did not
travel exclusively through pipelines owned or controlled by
Russia."


Alex

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