Ria Noenervosti : Nabucco trans-Caspian gas pipe project unrealistic - EU official
Thursday, November 1, 2007
The Nabucco project to build a trans-Caspian natural gas pipeline to Europe bypassing Russia is impracticable, the general secretary of the EU Energy Charter Secretariat said. The $6 billion pipeline project is expected to link energy-rich Central Asia to Europe through Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2009, so that the pipeline could go on stream in 2012."The project's implementation in uncertain circumstances in areas close to the Black ...