Brenda Shaffer played a central role at this Atlantic Council IN TURKEY conference in Istanbul, both as a panelist on regional gas resources and pipelines and as moderator of the closing panel on the future of gas and LNG markets in Turkey and the region. The conference brought together senior public and private sector energy officials and was widely covered in Turkish media.
Brenda’s panel remarks focused on Eastern Mediterranean gas discoveries and Turkey’s position as an energy transit country rather than a gas hub — a distinction she argued carries different geopolitical and economic risk. She also addressed how the Southern Gas Corridor could accommodate Eastern Mediterranean gas alongside Azerbaijani supply.
“Turkey plays an important role as a transit country for gas, but not as a gas hub.”
— Brenda Shaffer, Istanbul, Turkey, February 27, 2019