{"id":150594,"date":"2025-11-18T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/?post_type=news&#038;p=150594"},"modified":"2025-11-15T13:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T11:39:14","slug":"yevrosoyuz-prydumav-zaminu-rosijskomu-gazu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/news\/novosti\/yevrosoyuz-prydumav-zaminu-rosijskomu-gazu\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Union Has Found a Replacement for Russian Gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"367\">The European Commission has backed a new agreement between Greece and the American company ExxonMobil on exploring gas fields in the Ionian Sea, stating that cooperation with reliable partners such as the United States will help Europe finally abandon Russian gas.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"572\">This is a notable statement given that the bloc claims to be quickly moving toward a \u201cgreen\u201d future while simultaneously deepening its dependence on fossil fuels extracted as far from Moscow as possible.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"962\">Last week, Greece signed an offshore exploration deal with ExxonMobil covering blocks in the northwestern Ionian Sea. Another U.S. company, Chevron, is conducting drilling in more politically sensitive waters south of Crete. For Athens \u2014 which has long considered developing its seabed resources but hesitated to take decisive steps \u2014 these agreements represent a firm shift in direction.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"964\" data-end=\"1189\">A high-level source in the European Commission told <em data-start=\"1016\" data-end=\"1026\">Euractiv<\/em> that the EU\u2019s top priority remains ending imports of Russian gas \u2014 not only through diversifying supplies but also by cooperating with \u201creliable energy partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1191\" data-end=\"1293\">Under the REPowerEU strategy, the bloc intends to completely phase out Russian gas by the end of 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":150595,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-150594","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/150594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=150594"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=150594"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=150594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}