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Greece
(Last Updated: February 2009)
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Greece is an important potential transit site for energy exports from the Caspian/Caucasus regions, with limited energy reserves of its own.
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Norway
(Last Updated: August 2006)
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Norway is a major non-OPEC source of oil and was the world's third largest net oil exporter in 2002. Norway is the second-largest natural gas exporter to western Europe.
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Turkey
(Last Updated: April 2009)
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Turkey's strategic location makes it a natural "energy bridge" between major oil producing areas in the Middle East and Caspian Sea regions on the one hand, and consumer markets in Europe on the other. Turkey's port of Ceyhan is an important outlet both for current Iraqi oil exports as well as for potential future Caspian oil exports. Turkey's Bosporus Straits are a major shipping "choke point" between the Black and Mediterranean Seas. Finally, Turkey is a rapidly growing energy consumer in its own right.
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United Kingdom
(Last Updated: May 2006)
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With its significant North Sea reserves, the United Kingdom is a major European oil and natural gas producer. It is also one of the largest energy consumers in Europe.
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