[nickserv]

Europe has little hydrocarbon reserves, so decarbonization is required for energy independence.

[Moldoteck]

North sea can be explored. Black sea is already explored through Neptune deep

[pjc50]

Yes, apart from small fracking possibilities, and the North Sea, which is shared between two non-EU European countries, UK and Norway.

(as posted elsewhere, this was a critical problem for Nazi Germany!)