Based on joint analysis, security and energy cooperation strategies for the wider Black Sea area could be developed, with prior agreement that their respective negotiation and implementation should be tackled in separate “non-energy” fora. Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) should be seen as a component of a broader NATO policy on energy security as an emerging challenge: intelligence gathering and information sharing; pre-positioning of heavy moving and lifting equipment at points close to maritime choke points; coordination of national and regional CEIP measures are all relevant measures to the wider Black Sea area.