The aim of the project is to secure and diversify gas supplies to European markets over the long run.

The 1,300 km long Nabucco West pipeline, which is planned to enter service before 2020, will transport approximately 10 Bcm of gas originating Azerbaijan. Up to 13 Bcm of capacity may be added at a later stage, to enable additional imports from new gas fields in the Caspian Sea region. The pipeline will enable gas to be delivered from Turkey’s western border to the Baumgarten gas hub in Austria, and will also be able to supply Romania and Hungary, two countries in which GDF Suez has strong downstream p...