Nabucco Faces Challenge to Meet Azeri Gas Deadline

摘要

The race to bring gas to Europe from Phase 2 of Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz field is on: BP has asked the three competing pipeline projects to present their transport options by Oct. 1. But the new dead-line could hamstring the EU- backed Nabucco consortium, which has so far failed to lock in additional suppliers to fill its 31 billion cubic meter per year pipeline (NC Jan.13,p1).