Europe’s gas crisis could last several winters, Shell CEO says

Ben van Beurden, chief executive officer of Royal Dutch Shell, Photographer Reuters




By Reuters

Europe could face several winters of gas shortage as a result of the cuts to Russian supplies, Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden told a news conference in Norway on Monday.

“It may well be that we will have a number of winters where we have to somehow find solutions,” van Beurden said.

British energy bills will rise 80% to anaverage of 3,549 pounds ($4,188) a year from October, regulator Ofgem said on Friday, calling it a “crisis” that needed to be tackled by urgent and decisive government action.