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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10877

29 June 2013
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) energy
Southern gas corridor - Shah Deniz II opts for TAP

Brussels, 28/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - The consortium Shah Deniz II has decided in favour of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) in preference to the Nabucco West pipeline for transporting gas from Azerbaijan to the European Union.

On Friday 28 June, the European Commission welcomed the choice of the Azeri gas consortium Shah Deniz II in favour of the TAP gas pipeline for its supplies of gas to Europe bypassing Russia. “This is a door opener for a direct link to the Caspian sea”, said...