Nabucco pipeline

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 (1.1×10^12 cu ft) per year
Diameter	56 in (1,422 mm)

Nabucco-West
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 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.^[1]

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.^[2][3] 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).^[4] After the Shah Deniz consortium decided to prefer the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline over Nabucco, the Nabucco pipeline plan was finally aborted in June 2013.^[5]