EU banks throw their weight behind Nabucco pipeline

EUObserver reports that the EU's Nabucco gas pipeline received a boost on the 6 September 2010 as the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank made a first written commitment that may lend the project up to €4 billion, half of its total cost.

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ESO: Background information: Turkey brokers key gas supply deals for Nabucco http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkey-brokers-key-gas-supply-deals-for-nabucco/

EurActiv, 7.9.10: Banks start appraising €4bn loans for Nabucco http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/banks-start-appraising-4bn-loans-nabucco-news-497509

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