Nabucco
U.S. envoy for Eurasian energy explains goals, strategy for region
February 01, 2010By Heather Maher The U.S. government's special envoy for Eurasian energy has laid out the White House's approach to Eurasian energy policy in a speech in Washington. Ambassador Richard Morningstar told a group at the Center for American Progress...
Turkey's Stalling on Nabucco Hurts Europe, Azerbaijan, and Itself
March 06, 2009by Vladimir Socor Ankara's stalling tactics in the negotiations on the Western-backed Nabucco project (see EDM, March 4) are partly inspired by the AKP government's vision of a strategic partnership with Russia. Turkish officials have from time to time...
New Energy Venture to Target Turkmen Gas for Nabucco Project
January 08, 2009by Vladimir Socor On December 23 Austria’s OMV energy conglomerate and Germany’s leading power producer RWE (Rheinisch-Westfaelische Elektrizitaetswerke) announced an initiative to create a joint company for gas transportation from the...
Analysis: Hungary's mol stays with Nabucco, but prime minister weighs south stream also
December 19, 2007Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor Gazprom-controlled Kommersant claimed on December 13 that Hungary's MOL energy company has invited Gazprom to join the New Europe Transmission System (NETS), a proposal just launched by MOL to interconnect...
Analysis: Strategic issues still facing the Nabucco project
September 20, 2007Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor The Nabucco gas pipeline project is back on track (see EDM, September 19), preparing for an actual start. However, this project has a history of being derailed before even starting. In order to avoid any...
Analysis: Backlash halts Hungary’s embrace of Blue Stream
March 27, 2007Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor For the moment at least, Hungary's Socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany is not abandoning the last line of defense against Gazprom's monopolization of pipeline routes to the European Union. That remaining...
Analysis: Budapest torpedoes Nabucco project
March 15, 2007Author: Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor Hungary’s Socialist-led government has apparently decided to support Gazprom’s Blue Stream project, through which Russia seeks to capture an ever-growing share of the European Union’s gas...
Analysis: Hungary and the Nabucco project: time to end the ambiguity
January 17, 2007Author: Vladimir Socor In its comprehensive package of strategy documents, “Energy Policy for Europe,” just released in Brussels, the European Commission has proposed appointing a European Union Coordinator for the planned Nabucco gas...