By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) – Europe will more rapidly reduce its reliance on natural gas as a result of the war in Ukraine, replacing Russian energy and boosting the continent’s security of supply, Norway-based consultancy DNV predicted on Wednesday. “The Ukraine war has strongly impacted our forecast for natural gas consumption in Europe,” DNV said in its sixth annual Energy Transition Outlook report. The consultancy now predicts annual European gas consumption of 170 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2050 versus 310 bcm per year predicted one year ago, and down from around 580 bcm in 2020. Euro…