South East Europe Pipeline

South East Europe Pipeline
(proposal)
Location
Country Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Austria
General direction east–west
From Eastern Turkey
To Baumgarten an der March, Austria
General information
Type natural gas
Partners BP
Technical information
Length 800 km (500 mi)

The South East Europe Pipeline was a proposal for a natural gas pipeline from eastern Turkey to Baumgarten an der March in Austria. It was seen as an option for diversification of natural gas potential delivery routes for Europe from Azerbaijan. The pipeline would allow Azerbaijan to supply Europe with 10 billion cubic metres (350 billion cubic feet) of natural gas a year.[1] The main source of the gas would be Shah Deniz gas field when its second stage comes online.[2]

The pipeline was proposed by BP on 24 September 2011 as an alternative to the existing Southern Gas Corridor projects, including the Nabucco pipeline, Trans Adriatic Pipeline, and Interconnector Turkey–Greece–Italy.[2][3][4] The pipeline was to use existing pipelines, but also needed 800–1,000 kilometres (500–620 mi) (by other sources 1,300 kilometres (810 mi)) of new pipeline to be laid in different countries.[2][3] The total route is about 3,800 kilometres (2,400 mi).[4]

On 28 June 2012 the BP-led Shah Deniz consortium announced it will choose between Nabucco West and Trans Adriatic Pipeline as an export option, and accordingly development of the South East Europe Pipeline project will cease.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BP to Consider New Pipeline to Transit Caspian Natural Gas to EU". Bloomberg Business Week. 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  2. 1 2 3 Blair, David (2011-09-26). "BP plans gas pipeline to Europe from Azerbaijan". Financial Times. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  3. 1 2 "New export option offered for Azerbaijani gas supplies to Europe". News.az. 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  4. 1 2 Socor, Vladimir (2011-11-02). "South-East Europe Pipeline: A Downsized Nabucco Proposed By BP". Eurasia Daily Monitor 8 (202) (The Jamestown Foundation). Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  5. ↑ "BP drops SEEP to back Nabucco West". Upstream Online (NHST Media Group). 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
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