EU ROUND UP – EU COMMISSION RELEASES TENS ENERGY PRIORITIES, ALGERIA GAS INCLUDED
August 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a list of priority projects under its 2007-13 trans European network (TENs) energy programme. Three of the 10 gas pipeline projects link Europe to Algeria, a key alternative source to Russia, and there are also priority gas pipelines to Libya and Turkey listed. Another project would boost gas transmission capacity between Britain, Germany and Belgium. Brussels has earmarked Euro 7.2 billion of its own money for these schemes, but it plans to raise Euro 20.8 billion from national ...
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