The paper critically examines the export potential of the Turkmen gas in the short- and middle-term future and the limits and potentials of prospective Turkmen gas export customers. The special focus will be given to the perspectives of Europe in struggle for Turkmenistan gas.
It argues that European customers could be interesting partners for Turkmenistan, however the barriers on the route from Turkmenistan to Europe could turn the European countries efforts to failure vis-a-vis more assertive and effective politics of closer countries like China, Russia, Iran or India.