Corbeau: Northwest European LNG import infrastructure is running at maximum capacity
Anne-Sophie Corbeau · How bad will Europe's gas crisis get? · Aug 3, 2022 · at 31:03
Anne-Sophie Corbeau, energy analyst at Columbia University, explains Europe's physical constraints in replacing piped Russian natural gas with LNG.
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“Right now, our LNG infrastructure in Europe, it's full. It's running at maximum capacity in Northwest Europe. It cannot come and absorb more LNG.”
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