Brussels takes on Gazprom in Nigeria

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Series Details 17.9.08
Publication Date 17/09/2008
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Article reports that the European Union, increasingly anxious to reduce its dependence on Russian gas following the conflict in Georgia, has offered Nigeria financial and political backing for a €15bn trans-Saharan pipeline to pump its gas directly to Europe.
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EurActiv, 9.9.08: EU, Africa unveil 'ambitious' energy partnership http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/eu-africa-unveil-ambitious-energy-partnership/article-175193
Wikipedia: NIGAL pipeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIGAL_pipeline
Website: Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation http://www.nnpcgroup.com/
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