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It is a matter of the seaport capacity to transport large tankers equipped for liquidated natural gas. Both US and Canada have sufficient capacities but I am not sure if that can meet the entire need in Europe. Generally it is preferred to transport via pipelines over long distance. Liquified process and shipping on special tankers would added cost considerably for cheap commodity products.
Europe needs to find their alternate sources from nearby “friendly countries” with pipelines.
There's a huge barely tapped gasfield in the Mediterranean offshore from Israel and adjacent countries, and another similar field over near Cyprus. Up till now various political issues have prevented significant utilization of these fields. It would be necessary to lay a fair amount of feedpipe under the Mediterranean, but that could and maybe should be done.
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Europe needs to find their alternate sources from nearby “friendly countries” with pipelines.
https://corporate.exxonmobil.com/News/Newsroom/News-releases/2019/0228_ExxonMobil-makes-natural-gas-discovery-offshore-Cyprus#:~:text=The well, located in Block,(2%2C063%20meters)%20of%20water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_in_Israel#:~:text=Israel began producing natural gas,of natural gas a year.