Nabucco
Azerbaijan-Turkey gas deal's impact on supply to Europe
November 04, 2011CESD/ Baku -- Last week Azerbaijan and Turkey signed a number of export agreements that allow Turkey to buy gas from Azerbaijan and transport it through neighboring countries to Europe. According to a statement posted on the official website of the State...
British Petroleum proposes South-East Europe Pipeline in place of Nabucco
November 03, 2011By Vladimir Socor/ Eurasia Daily Monitor/ Washington, DC -- Azerbaijan and the Shah Deniz gas producers’ consortium have just signed bilateral agreements with Turkey on gas transit to Europe (see EDM, November 1). Meanwhile, the Shah Deniz consortium...
Should Azerbaijan say “no” to the Nabucco pipeline project?
June 01, 2011Vugar Bayramov: ‘ It doesn’t seem realistic to find an alternative to the Nabucco project neither in an economic nor political sense.’ The Nabucco gas pipeline agreement will be signed on June 6th. From the report of the Turkish Energy...
Azerbaijan could say ‘no’ to Nabucco?
May 26, 2011Azerbaijan could export its gas to European markets by routes other than the Nabucco pipeline that “offer better conditions”, head of the state energy firm Socar has said. “Anything can happen, there are a lot of projects and we can...
Gazprom-Austrian OMV agreement: A political blow to Nabucco
February 24, 2011After selling a large block of shares in Hungarian MOL to the Kremlin-connected Surgutneftegaz, Austrian OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer’s final gift to European energy security is an agreement with Gazprom that interferes with the EU-backed Nabucco...
EU supports Nabucco against South Stream
August 05, 2010By Vladimir Socor On July 30 in Berlin, Gazprom’s Vice-President, Aleksandr Medvedev, deprecated the EU-backed Nabucco project and claimed that Russia would imminently proceed with the rival South Stream. “There is complete certainty about...
Italy’s ENI seeks Nabucco life-belt for Gazprom’s sinking South Stream
March 17, 2010By Vladimir Socor Italy’s ENI chief executive, Paolo Scaroni, has proposed unifying the Gazprom-led South Stream with the European Union-backed Nabucco pipeline project. The Italian state-controlled energy conglomerate ENI is the key technological...
Nabucco pipeline focus of Vienna roundtable
March 07, 2010The German-based Eurasia Transition Group organized a roundtable discussion in Vienna today to discuss Turkmenistan's possible role in the Nabucco gas pipeline, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service reports. Nabucco is planned to transport natural gas from Turkey...
11 countries in Central, Southeastern Europe hold energy summit
March 03, 2010By Vladimir Socor Hungary hosts region-wide summit on energy security The prime ministers of eleven countries in Central and Southeastern Europe met on February 24 in Budapest, for the first Energy Security Summit in this region. Hungary initiated...
Gazprom discusses Romanian participation in South Stream
February 21, 2010By Vladimir Socor Gazprom playing with poor options on South Stream in the Black Sea On February 17 in Bucharest, Gazprom Vice-President Aleksandr Medvedev conferred with Romanian officials on a range of bilateral projects. Medvedev hinted at possible...