European countries are increasingly apprehensive about Russia’s attempts to control natural gas supplies and transmission, noted speakers at the 2007 Deloitte Energy Conference on May 14.“Most of the nations in Europe get it. They’re concerned about the possibility of a natural gas cutoff by Russia. They recognize the potential impact of all those pipelines flowing east from Kazakhstan and other Caspian producers,” said Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.), ranking member on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, following his keynote address.He told conference participants that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s members face security questions about gas that ...