BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 16
By Leman Zeynalova - Trend:
It is important to look at how to begin expanding Southern Gas Corridor, the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Earle Litzenberger told the local media representatives, Trend reports.
“I highlighted the important role the Southern Gas Corridor is playing today in Europe’s energy security. Because of the gas shortage in Europe it is even more important for Europe to begin to take steps further to diversify its energy sources and the Southern Gas Corridor could play its role. The Southern Gas Corridor has a potential to double its capacity that will require some time and some investment. But I think it is time to start looking at how to begin that process now.
The Trans Caspian Pipeline is also a way to potentially unlock Turkmenistan’s significant and tremendous gas resources and bring them to global markets and bring them to Europe. We have always believed that the importance of the Southern Gas Corridor is that it can be expanded and carry additional gas to Europe. We are open to all opportunities to increase the gas supply to Europe. Most of them come from Azerbaijan. That’s good for Azerbaijan, for Europe and the US,” he said.