Dr. Werner Auli, Chairman of the Nabucco Steering Committee: “Nabucco is by far the best option to transport gas from the Southern Corridor to Europe.”

Dr. Auli stated in a Reuters-Interview that he was convinced that the decision by Shah Deniz II whom to provide with the gas will be taken very soon. “The best offer does not mean just the price, but rather how secure the whole thing is. You build a pipeline for 50 years or more and it has to work. You have to cross countries, you need stability. Imagine if they have the field ready and the pipeline is not there”.

Steve Garlick, Marketing Manager of BP Shah Deniz II Development presented an optimistic view and stated during the conference “We are moving towards hopefully forming a recommendation, certainly by the end of the first quarter of 2012.”

Mr. Christian Dolezal, Head of Corporate Communication at the Nabucco headquarter in Vienna presented the current status of the Nabucco project.