Nabucco pipeline
The Nabucco pipeline (also referred as Turkey–Austria gas pipeline) was a failed natural gas pipeline project from Erzurum, Turkey to Baumgarten an der March, Austria to diversify natural gas suppliers and delivery routes for Europe. The pipeline was to lessen European dependence on Russian energy. The project was backed by several European Union states and the United States and was seen as rival to the Gazprom-Eni South Stream pipeline project. The main supplier was to be Iraq with potential supplies from Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Egypt.
| Nabucco pipeline | |
|---|---|
Proposed location of the Nabucco pipeline | |
| Location | |
| Country | Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Austria |
| General direction | East–West |
| From | Ahiboz, Turkey |
| Passes through | İnegöl, Yuluce, Kırklareli, Kofcas, Lozenets, Oryahovo, Port of Bechet, Nădlac, Dolj, Mehedinți, Caraș-Severin, Timiș, and Arad |
| To | Baumgarten an der March, Austria |
| General information | |
| Type | Natural gas |
| Partners | OMV MOL Transgaz Bulgargaz BOTAŞ RWE |
| Operator | Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH |
| Technical information | |
| Length | 3,893 km (2,419 mi) |
| Maximum discharge | 31 billion cubic metres (1.1×1012 cu ft) per year |
| Diameter | 56 in (1,422 mm) |
| Nabucco-West | |
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Map of Nabucco-West | |
| Location | |
| Country | Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Austria |
| General direction | east–west |
| From | Strandzha, Bulgaria |
| Passes through | Lozenets, Oryahovo, Port of Bechet, Nădlac, Dolj, Mehedinți, Caraș-Severin, Timiș, and Arad |
| To | Baumgarten an der March, Austria |
| General information | |
| Type | Natural gas |
| Partners | BOTAŞ (Turkey) BEH (Bulgaria) FGSZ (Hungary) OMV (Austria) Transgaz (Romania) |
| Operator | Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH |
| Expected | 2018 |
| Technical information | |
| Length | 1,329 km (826 mi) |
| Maximum discharge | 10 to 23 billion cubic metres per year |
| Diameter | 48 in (1,219 mm) |
The project was developed by a consortium of six companies. Preparations started in 2002 and the intergovernmental agreement between Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Austria was signed on 13 July 2009. After an announcement of the construction of TANAP, the consortium submitted the Nabucco-West project, which was to run from the Turkish-Bulgarian border to Austria. It was a modification of the original Nabucco Pipeline project. The main supply for Nabucco-West was to be the Shah Deniz gas through the now operational Trans-Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP). After the Shah Deniz consortium decided to prefer the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline over Nabucco, the Nabucco pipeline plan was finally aborted in June 2013.