Iraq offers half gas needed for Nabucco

Article reports that Iraq offered July 2009 to supply enough gas to fill half the capacity of the proposed Nabucco pipeline, giving the project a boost even as heads of government met in Ankara on the 13 July 2009 to sign a historic agreement approving the plan.

ESO: Background information: Transit states release tension on Nabucco line http://www.europeansources.info/record/transit-states-release-tension-on-nabucco-line/

EurActiv, 14.7.09: EU countries sign geopolitical Nabucco agreement http://www.euractiv.com/energy/eu-countries-sign-geopolitical-n-news-222315

European Commission: Press Release: IP/09/1114: President Barroso and Commissioner Piebalgs welcome the signature of the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1114&format=DOC&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: SPEECH/09/339: José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Signature of the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement Ankara, 13 July 2009 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/09/339&format=DOC&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Nabucco Gas Pipeline International: Press Release, 13.7.09: Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) guarantees stable legal framework for gas transit http://www.nabucco-pipeline.com/cms/upload/press_release/PressreleaseIGAeng.pdf

BBC News, 13.7.09: Europe gas pipeline deal agreed http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8147053.stm

Deutsche Welle, 13.7.09: EU, Turkey sign Europe gas pipeline deal http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4473769,00.html

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