Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 20

18-May-2009

CASPIAN

Southern Gas Corridor Strategy Emphasizes EU Need For Middle East Supplies

A European Commission meeting with a number of Eastern European governments on 8 May, to discuss the EUs Southern Gas Corridor strategy, set out a timetable for a study on gas supplies from the Caspian region and spelled out the need for deliveries of gas from the Middle East. The EUs aim is to reduce its reliance on Russian gas by enabling pipeline deliveries...