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European commissioner talks about Azerbaijan’s role in energy security

Oil&Gas Materials 29 November 2015 14:42 (UTC +04:00)
The security of energy supply routes is an absolute priority, and therefore, the European Union wants to diversify.
European commissioner talks about Azerbaijan’s role in energy security

Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov.29
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The security of energy supply routes is an absolute priority, and therefore, the European Union wants to diversify, European Commissioner for Climate and Energy Miguel Arias Canete said in an interview with Euronews.

"What we are doing now, through declaring projects of a community interest and financing to facilitate connecting Europe, which is to say the Connecting Europe Facility, is to support projects with interconnections with the electricity sector and the gas sector, such as the Southern Gas Corridor linking Italy with Azerbaijan, and we can have access to Azerbaijan's gas," said Canete.

The Southern Gas Corridor is one of the priority energy projects for EU. It envisages the transportation of gas from the Caspian Sea region to the European countries through Georgia and Turkey.

At the initial stage, the gas to be produced as part of the Stage 2 of development of Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz field is considered as the main source for the Southern Gas Corridor projects. Other sources can also connect to this project at a later stage.

As part of the Stage 2 of the Shah Deniz development, the gas will be exported to Turkey and European markets by expanding the South Caucasus Pipeline and the construction of Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline and Trans-Adriatic Pipeline.

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