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Iran's Plans to Export Natural Gas to Europe Face Obstacles

May 10, 2014 | 12:57 GMT

Iran's Plans to Export Natural Gas to Europe Face Obstacles
A man walks along South Pars natural gas field facilities in the southern Iranian port of Asalouyeh on Jan. 22.

(BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)

Summary

Iran has ramped up its rhetoric about possible deliveries of Iranian natural gas to Europe in the weeks following an escalation of tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine. A partnership between the two would seem well founded: Iran is eager to transit its reserves, as well as those of its neighbors, to new markets, and Europe wants to find alternative natural gas supplies to Russia. But political and logistical constraints will render these plans distant, long-term solutions at best. 

Possible scenarios for the export of Iranian supplies to Europe are becoming more realistic, but difficulties remain....

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