May 23, 2024--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The European Commission said members of the bloc are on a clear track to end their reliance on Russian energy supplies, some two years after the invasion of Ukraine upended global markets.

Russia's decision to invade Ukraine sparked something of a sea change in global energy flows. Europe before the war was heavily dependent on Russia for its natural gas supplies, and much of that moved through Soviet-era pipelines in Ukraine.