„Nabucco Is Still an Option“

Politics ♦ Published: May 29, 2012; 16:36 ♦ (Vindobona)

Elshad Nassirov, Vice-Chairman oft he Azerbaijani gas company Socar, argues that BP´s statement about Nabucco was premature.

„Nabucco Is Still an Option“ / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Last week, British Petroleum declared that the classic Nabucco pipeline from the Georgian-Turkish border to Austria would be dead. BP is one of seven members of the Shah Deniz consortium in Azerbaijan which grants natural gas contingencies to the pipeline operators.

Nassirov said to have informed BP not to agree on this statement. „BP apologized and classified the statement as…