PIEBALGS HOLDS ALGERIA AND NORTH AFRICA ENERGY TALKS
December 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has visited Algeria to discuss closer energy ties with this major gas producer, the latest initiative to boost gas supplies from north Africa. A meeting last week (Nov 30) of the Euro-Mediterranean Conference, in Tampere, Finland, uniting EU, north African and Levantine states, agreed to further integrate Euro-Mediterranean energy markets, developing common energy projects, priorities being set in 2007.
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EUROPEAN Union (EU) energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has visited Algeria to discuss closer energy ties with this major gas producer, the latest initiative to boost gas supplies from north Africa. A meeting last week (Nov 30) of the Euro-Mediterranean Conference, in Tampere, Finland, uniting EU, north African and Levantine states, agreed to further integrate Euro-Mediterranean energy markets, developing common energy projects, priorities being set in 2007.
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