Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. А.Badalova / The opening ceremony of the representative office of the Austrian oil company OMV Gas International will be held in Azerbaijan on 20 September at 1pm, the press-service of OMV Gas International reported. Four people from the company will attend the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony will be held at the Baku marine passenger terminal with participation of the Austrian Minister of Economy and Labour, Martin Bartenstein.
OMV is the operator of the Nabucco project with 20% share participation. The gas pipeline of Nabucco delivers Middle Asia and Caspian gas to Europe via Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Hungary, Rumania and Austria. The gas pipeline will be put into commission in 2011. The cost of the project is €5bln. OMV, Hungarian MOL, Turkish Botas, Bulgarian Bulgargaz and Rumanian Transgaz. Companies are developing the Nabucco project.