Czech RWE-Subsidiary Plans Pipeline Through Austria

EnergyOil & Gas ♦ Published: October 4, 2011; 10:23 ♦ (Vindobona)

The operators of a gas pipeline “5GL” in the Czech Republic, Austria, Bavaria and Slovenia are considering to build a new pipeline connecting the Souther Czech Republic with Italy and Slovenia.

Czech RWE-Subsidiary Plans Pipeline Through Austria / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The Czech Subsidiary of the German RWE corporation, Net4Gas plans to build a new gas pipeline. The dependence of the Czech Republic on Russian gas thus should be reduced. The project named “5GL” is in its initial phase. By Mid-October, the interest of gas traders for the project will be evaluated, the spokesman of Net4Gas, Milan Repka said.

All in all, a 740 kilometers long…