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    EurActiv: Russia Can Use Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, Commission Confirms

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The European Commission will allow Gazprom to use the Trans-Adriatic pipeline if it also builds Turkish Stream and uses it to carry gas to Greece

by: Erica Mills

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EurActiv: Russia Can Use Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, Commission Confirms

A Commission official confirmed yesterday (5 March) that Gazprom can use the Trans-Adriatic pipeline (TAP) to move gas, if the Russian export monopoly builds the “Turkish Stream” pipeline and brings gas to Greece.

Brendan Devlin, advisor in the Commission’s DG energy, argued that it was unlikely another big pipeline except for the Southern Gas Corridor would appear in South Eastern Europe, because “the markets are too small” in the region. He was speaking at a conference on “post-South Stream”, organised by the Martens Centre for European Studies.

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