Reuters: Southern gas corridor pipeline race heats up

Competition to build Europe's southern gas corridor intensified on Tuesday after two leading pipeline projects said they would welcome cooperation with the Trans Anatolian gas pipeline (TANAP) which aims to pump Azeri gas through Turkey.

Three international consortia - Nabucco, TAP, and ITGI - are vying to build the infrastructure to carry gas from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz II gas field to Europe.

The TAP and ITGI gas pipeline projects both welcomed cooperation with TANAP, potentially providing the missing link in transporting the Azeri gas through Turkey and into Europe.  MORE