Monday, July 13, 2009

Western Gas Pipeline Secures European Support

By Sabrina Tavernise / The New York Times

A project for a gas pipeline that would reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian gas cleared a hurdle on Monday when four European governments signed an agreement with Turkey. But completion of the project remained a distant goal, with no suppliers formally committed.

The governments of Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania joined Turkish officials in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, to sign a transit agreement on the so-called Nabucco pipeline, which would stretch 2,000 miles from the Caspian Sea to Austria through Turkey.

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