Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Turkmenistan To Participate In Nabucco Project?

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Turkmenistan To Participate In Nabucco Project?

    TURKMENISTAN TO PARTICIPATE IN NABUCCO PROJECT?

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/
    11.07.2009 12:59 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkmenistan has enough gas reserves for
    the realization of Nabucco project aimed at delivering Caspian
    basin natural gas to Europe, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly
    Berdimuhamedov finds.

    In an enlarged government session, President said that the country
    had colossal gas reserves, as shown by last year's independent audit
    of natural gas fields and Turkmen geologists' recent findings.

    Speaking about tank gas surplus, President said that it might be
    realized by consumers on state border.

    "All that will enable us to implement various projects, including
    Nabucco," President said.

    Resumed early this year after the outbreak of Russian-Ukrainian gas
    conflict, negotiations over Nabucco provide long-term guarantees for
    gas supply. It is planned to launch pipeline construction in 2011 and
    start gas delivery in 2014. Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran
    and Iraq are among potential energy sources within project frameworks.

    Objecting to Iran's participation in Nabucco, United States is in
    favor of gas delivery from Iraq.

    On July 13, representatives from Turkey, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary
    and Romania will meet in Ankara to sign intergovernmental agreement
    over Nabucco project.

    Nabucco project (estimated $7,9 billion) is aimed at delivering
    natural gas to European countries via Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey,
    Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Austria. Forming the continuation of
    Baku-Tbilisi-Erzrum pipeline, it will deliver 20-30 cubic metres of
    gas annually.

    EU allocations to Nabucco were initially estimated $250 million but
    the sum was later reduced to $50 million, Novosti-Azerbaijan reports.
Working...
X