Turkey will definitely finalize the Nabucco project and there are no problems regarding the safety of the Baku-Tbilis-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline, the Turkish energy minister said on Wednesday.
Talks regarding the Nabucco project have progressed rapidly, and studies on the project were submitted to the European Union (EU) and other related institutions, Hilmi Guler said at a news conference at Turkey’s Embassy in Baku, in Azerbaijan, the Anatolian Agency reported.
Commenting on the BTC oil pipeline, Guler said safety of the pipelines was very important and there was no problem with the security systems.
The Nabucco pipeline is aimed at diversifying the EU’s energy supplies and decreasing its energy dependence on Russia. The EU-backed pipeline, a 3,300-kilometre (2,050-mile) pipeline is planned to run via Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary to Austria.
A consortium made up of Austria’s OMV, Germany’s RWE, Hungary’s MOL, Turkey’s Botas, Bulgaria’s Bulgargaz and Romania’s Transgaz will build and operate the pipeline.
Guler also said the security of the BTC oil pipeline was not risky and there were no problem about security systems.
The gendarmerie forces did not find any evidence of sabotage regarding the blast on the Turkey section of BTC, however added that an investigation was underway.
Turkey to definitely finalize Nabucco: energy minister.
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