Azerbaijan, Baku, July 27 / Trend A. Badalova /
Austrian OMV CEO Gerhard Roiss expects the suppliers of Nabucco gas pipeline to get stakes in the project, Dow Jones Newswires reported with the reference to the Der Standard newspaper.
"I expect that the suppliers will get stakes" in Nabucco, the newspaper quotes Gerhard Roiss as saying in an interview.
He also added that the consortium of the Azerbaijani Shah Deniz gas field development has expressed an interest in participation in the project and was invited to participate.
OMV is one of the six shareholders in Nabucco West project, which envisages construction of the pipeline from Turkish-Bulgarian border to Austria. Gas to be produced within the second phase of Azerbaijani Shah Deniz gas field development is considered as the main source for the project. The project's other shareholders are Bulgarian Energy Holding, Romanian Transgaz, Turkish Botas, German RWE and Hungary's FGSZ.
In June the Shah Deniz consortium selected Nabucco West as the single pipeline option for the potential export of Shah Deniz Stage 2 gas to Central Europe. The final decision on pipeline export route is expected in 2013.
Earlier Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH spokesman, Christian Dolezal told Trend that Nabucco consortium is open to the shareholders from the producer side.
"We have seen that there is interest from Shah Deniz consortium partners, and we appreciate it as a positive aspect," Dolezal said.