Bloomberg: Nabucco Gas Pipe’s Cost to Fall on Shorter Route, Mitschek Says
Nabucco West will cost less than the 7.9 billion euros ($10 billion) originally projected for the pipeline project because the scope of construction has shrunk, said Managing Director Reinhard Mitschek.
“It is a shorter line with 1,315 kilometers (817 miles) and we expect it to be less than the original,” Mitschek said today in an interview in Istanbul. “It would be logical to think there will be a proportional reduction.”
Nabucco was originally envisioned to ship gas from the Caspian, Middle East and North Africa as much as 3,900 kilometers to Europe. The revised project, Nabucco West, will connect to the Trans-Anatolian pipeline, a link known as Tanap planned to carry Azeri gas through Turkey. Mitschek declined to specify the new capital expenditure plans.