There are suspicions that Russia might fight back by shutting gas supply to the West. Some sources confirmed that the US is already in talks with Qatar to become Russia’s substitute.
But Qatar and other oil and gas producing nations confirmed that they will not be able to provide substantial amounts of gas to replace Russia’s supply.
African countries have been tipped as the best option because the continent has some of the world’s deepest gas reserves. But Africa might not replace Russia because of insecurity and lack of infrastructures.
Who will replace Russia?
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/3/1/analysis-can-african-gas-replace-russian-supplies-to-europeIt's the ultimate form of irony - Europe cannot afford to cut Russian energy supplies off right now and it is one of the last sources of revenue left coming into Russia, so they will not even bring up the idea of cutting supplies right now. Europe will eventually wean itself off Russian gas at this rate, but places like Germany have been so foolish to cut off nuclear power which is a very useful tool for providing a baseline energy flow - as renewables can often have erratic supply and battery storage ability is a work in progress. I don't see either of these two sides jeopardising the flow of oil and gas in the short term.