Southern Gas Corridor

The Southern Gas Corridor is an initiative of the European Commission for the gas supply from Caspian and Middle Eastern regions to Europe. The initiative was proposed in the European Commission's Communication "Second Strategic Energy Review – An EU Energy Security and Solidarity Action Plan" (COM/2008/781).[1][2] The European Union has identified a number of partner countries for this initiative, such as Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Egypt and Mashreq countries. Uzbekistan and Iran should represent, when political conditions permit, a further significant supply source for the EU.[2]

In the Trans-European Networks – Energy (TEN – E) programme, "the European Union has designated (...) three of the pipelines as of strategic importance (ITGI, Nabucco and White Stream)."[3] Also the Trans Adriatic Pipeline is identified as a Southern Corridor project.[1] Together, the Southern Corridor projects could provide the necessary transportation capacity to deliver the 60 to 120 billion cubic metres per year of Caspian and Central Asian gas that the European Commission aims to bring directly to Europe.[4]

On 8 May 2009, the summit "Southern Corridor – New Silk Road" was held in Prague.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "EU aims to solve 'Southern Gas Corridor' puzzle". EurActiv.com. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Communication from the Commission of the European Parliament, the Council, The European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. Second Strategic Energy Review – An EU Energy Security and Solidarity Action Plan". European Commission. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. ↑ van Aartsen, Jozias (4 February 2009). "Project of European Interest № NG3. Activity Report September 2007 – February 2009" (PDF). European Commission. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  4. ↑ Joshua Chaffin, EU plan to loosen Russia's grip on energy, Financial Times, 13 Nov 2008.
  5. ↑ "Summit "Southern Corridor – New Silk Road"". Government of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
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