New Hope for Nabucco West

BusinessCommodities ♦ Published: July 27, 2012; 09:45 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Aseri Minister of Energy Natik Aliyev thinks that Nabucco West would be better than the rival project TAP.

New Hope for Nabucco West / Picture: © Vindobona.org

For several months, the Austrian oil and gas group OMV initiated the light-version „Nabucco West“, which would cut the pipeline´s length from 3,300 km to 1,300km. „Nabucco West“ starts at the Bulgarian-Turkish border and would cooperate with Tanap. The pipeline would provide the Austrian gas hub Baumgarten with natural gas. The only remaining alternative to Nabucco West would…