EU MINISTERS PLOT TRANS-CASPIAN PIPELINE TO BRING GAS TO EUROPE
September 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers this week authorised the European Commission strike a gas supply deal with Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan, which have substantial reserves under and near the Caspian Sea. The agreement would focus on a pipeline system running under the se from Turkmenistan to Azerjaijan. There it could link up with pipelines carrying gas to Europe, notably the EU's favoured planned east-to-west pipeline - the Nabucco - which would run from the Caucasus through Turkey. An Azeri-Turkmen deal would help reduce EU reliance ...
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