The great European gas pipeline debate: Nabucco vs South Stream

Dec. 13, 2010 - PRLog -- Austrian Economy minister Reinhold Mittlerlehner, the leading oil and gas corporation OMV and former German Foreign minister Joschka Fischer are also amongst the distinguished panel of speakers at the event which will bring together some 300 stakeholders from the European gas industry.  

Nabucco vs South Stream
The attendance at the European Gas Conference of the heads and high-level supporters of two of the major European pipeline projects, Nabucco and South Stream, will set the stage for fascinating debate during the event.  South Stream is a proposed gas pipeline to transport Russian natural gas to the Black Sea to Bulgaria and further to Italy and Austria.  It is seen as a rival to the planned Nabucco pipeline which will run from Turkey to Austria and is supported by the EU as an attempt to lessen European dependence on Russian energy.

The Managing Director of Nabucco Gas Pipeline International, Reinhard Mitschek, will report back on the latest developments in the project, Joschka Fischer is a committed Nabucco supporter while OMV is a partner in the pipeline.  

Representing South Stream is the CEO, Marcel Kramer, who will also present an update while the head of the Russian Gas Society on energy and gas co-operation, Valery Yazev, is a well-known proponent of the Russian pipeline project.

The latest developments of the other major European pipelines, TAP, ITGI and White Stream, will also be presented during the European Gas Conference.

Other topics that will be addressed include:
  How long the decoupling of oil and gas prices will last, and how it will affect the industry
  North, East, South, West and Central European cooperation to ensure security of supply
  The facilitation of an open European gas market
  Global context: how developments in Middle Eastern, US, and North African gas will impact the European market

More high-level expert speakers at the European Gas Conference 2011 include:
•  Sergey Komlev:  Head of Directorate, Contract Structuring and Price Formation, Gazprom Export
•  Brendan Devlin:  Policy Coordinator, Directorate General Energy, The European Commission
•  Dominique Venet:  Executive Vice President Gas, EDF
•  Axel Wietfeld:  Vice President Group Energy Projects, E.ON
•  Guy Broggi:  Head of LNG Supply, Total Gas & Power

Event dates and location:  Conference:  26-28 January 2011.  25 January is a pre-conference LNG workshop day.  Location:  Vienna Marriott Hotel, Parkring, Vienna.
Event website:  www.europeangas-conference.com

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