RWE and GdF eye Nabucco pipe

RWE of Germany and Gaz de France, two of Europe's biggest energy companies, are interested in taking a stake in the proposed Nabucco pipeline to bring gas from the Caspian region to the European Union, in a signal that progress on the long-mooted project is at last gaining momentum. The Nabucco pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline that is planned to transport natural gas from Turkey to Austria, via Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary.

Wikipedia: Nabucco Pipeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabucco_Pipeline

Wikipedia: Blue Stream http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Stream

European Commission: DG Energy and Transport: Trans-European Energy Networks http://ec.europa.eu/energy/infrastructure/tent_e/ten_e_en.htm

European Commission: Press Release: IP/07/1338: Commissioner Piebalgs recalls European commitment to Nabucco project in a conference held in Budapest http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1338&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Website: Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH http://www.nabucco-pipeline.com/

BBC News, 27.6.06: Nabucco gas pipeline is approved http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5121394.stm

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